On Thursday afternoon, I attended Baruch Voices, in which about eight people presented monologues. It was one of the most interesting things I’ve heard in a long time. I could partly relate to almost all of them. The monologue that stood out the most to me was presented by a girl who talked about following your dreams. You’re told to follow you’re dreams yet they don’t tell you the hardships it comes with that. On one hand, you want do something that’ll make you happy, but on the other hand, if what you want to do doesn’t pay enough, you’re told to be realistic. Everyone wants to have a job that’ll make them happy, that’s a given, but sometimes there’s a point where we’ll just give up on that and conform to society. However, there’ll always a part of you that’ll wonder what could of been if you decided to do what you want to do. I think you should never give up on something that you are willing to work hard for, even if people deem it “unrealistic”. Don’t listen to people that’ll bring you down and just focus on yourself and your happiness.