2016 Electric Forest was single-handedly one of the best experiences I had had all summer. It gave me the highest expectations for all my other summer adventures. No, I am not as adventurous as I want to be and no, I don't have many stories to tell. So maybe I'm thinking this festival made my summer great only because, before that, I had nothing to base it off of. However, there are 4 things I've learned that remind me of just how great this festival really is: 1. The nicest people go to The Forest  Everywhere you go people are greeting you, hugging you, or smiling at you. I have never felt so overwhelmed with kindness and love by total strangers. In all of the chaos and noise of Bassnector's set my gal pal, Zo and I had decided it was time to leave and get some R&R. Since we had pushed our way through the crowd and made it to the middle of the mass of people it was a little difficult to fight the crowd to get back out. With trying to walk over top of people ...

It was about 6 months ago when I realized I had no hobbies, likes, or things I thoroughly excel in. This soon led me to tears and complaining to my mom that my life is empty and I have nothing that I enjoy or live for. That may seem dramatic but it seemed accurate. I think this emptiness was partially due to the fact that I was working at a laundromat, not doing anything but wasting time and hating every minute of it, and sitting at home waiting for my friends to MAYBE invite me to hangout. Now, I'm not blaming this empty feeling on my friends or the fact that I had to grow up and get a job. I just really realized that everyone was doing something they enjoyed and I just couldn't find my "thing".  SO, lets rewind about 6 years ago when I was the awkward seventh grader with bangs just trying to find my "thing". It was a random night and I was scrolling through YouTube watching funny cat videos (or something like that) when I came across a teenage girl sho...