Hey, I'm Chrystelle! I'm a Filipino-American teen from a small town in Texas and I've got a lot of opinions, thoughts, experiences, and ideas I want to share as an adolescent in this society. Not only that, but I want to share the morals and lessons that I've learned along the long road in my life, even when I get lost during the journey. I hope whoever is reading this can connect to my new project and blog, "Wandering Astray".

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I have numerous things to say about our society and other topics including humankind, current events, industries, communities, maybe some unpopular opinions, and discussions revolving culture/arts. I want to share not only my personal aspects but others as well because I know numerous of people out there want to voice their own opinions. I think it's paramount for you and me to speak our minds and to get an understanding of other's perspectives. 

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For the longest time, I've always lived my life so cautiously. That was until I had this sudden realization where I said, what's the point of living this one life we are given if we don't live it up to its limits? Whoever said that "the sky is the limit" was talking bs. There are so many expectations that I've encountered in my life where I know I should stop dreaming about a fantasy, and start living reality. You see, the reality is that what I've envisioned for myself, won't always turn out the way I pictured it to be. I'm aware of how things happen, specifically, life happens and that everything won't go according to plan. However, I believe there's always a silver lining. Don't worry about a thing. Live spontaneously, live on the edge, and most importantly, live life in the now. Because every little thing, It's gonna be all right.

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When I was younger, I noticed something about myself that has formed something unhealthily habitual for a few years. I think that I have a good heart, I learned the rights and wrongs even though every now and then I do something wrong when I definitely know it's not right. There was this certain period in my life where I have created a- I guess you can call it an innocent goodie-two-shoes reputation. A period where I acted dumb and sweet. I felt like I needed to uphold this image in order to- I guess feel accepted and validated. It wasn't a really good look for me I'm certain of that because people perceived me as someone who was easily taken advantage of since I'd always laugh or smile everything off. I don't think I've ever stood my ground during those times. It's so funny for me to think about how I was back then and how every little "bad" thing was so sinful through my oh so pure catholic eyes. Sometimes I'd act like I didn't know anything because I loved how people loved how inexperienced I was and how they felt the need to enlighten me. I always look back and think about how desperate and hungry I was for people to like me and it actually worked for a bit. It all ended when I decided to burst out of the bubble and tell myself, that this isn't the person I aspire to be. I don't want to live life to satisfy others. I was so done with this facade and decided that I'm going to find my identity and that I know that it will be a long journey. I've learned that I am valid. And so is everyone out there! We shouldn't seek out validation from other people and we don't need to. I think nowadays we get so easily caught up in this mad world that we live in and it's time to change our outlooks. I want people to open up into new ideas and interpretations and have the ability to begin new morals! I know that you and I are going to have rough occurrences that we come across, but it will only get us closer to finding our own purpose, even if we are wandering astray. 

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