Hiking and Real Experiences

I went on a hike the other day at Newport Beach, California, and it was just nice to get out of the house. Being outdoors occasionally, and not looking at screens while being a sloth on the couch is something of a necessity. While I endorse media, and we watch media mainly on screens, unless we are reading a book or manga, sometimes the best stories are just going out there. I went with two friends on this hike and encountered a rattlesnake, hiked up until we could see the ocean, saw birds flying freely on top of the last hill and sweated up rocky hills. We talked and conversed without checking our phones every five seconds, and it was good.

In social media, we see other people’s stories. When watching a television show, movie or another type of media, we are watching ideas from a person’s mind play out in real life. As an aspiring author, that is pretty much what I am doing with my stories. I have an idea in my head, and I am actively putting it onto paper. Real experiences play a factor into this as well, and the use of real locations or individuals bring about ideas that go into stories.

As cliché as it sounds, life is one big story. Lately, it does seem like we are enthralled in someone else’s story instead of our own and watch that story play out on some sort of screen. I think that it is important to sometimes get away from someone else’s story and play out our own.