Everyone has somewhat fallen into a need for greed or small desire to be recognized at some point, but when the quality of the idea to bring them there has lost its originality then it should be forgotten instead of repeated again and again.

In today’s current state of the world, plenty of things within the media are flooded and overpopulated. Whether it is streaming services or apps on your phone, there are copycat concepts carrying the same six second videos anywhere you look.

Once one person gains a following for doing something, that may be original, it is copied and pasted into an endless depth of remakes and repeats. To this point, the sequel to a movie is rarely as good as the first and never needed to be made in the first place, even though it is almost guaranteed to bring in money as a meaningless cash grab.

People have dropped into an addictive blackhole of swiping on their phones and while some of it is good for unwinding, it can be detrimental to productivity within things that matter.

If the things that they were seeing weren’t copycat artists it would probably be easier to filter through the garbage and not be as addictive.

A former Northern Essex Community College student, Kyle McCarthy is just getting home from work as he puts his bag down and says, “Sometimes my screen time on my phone is averaging over fifteen hours a day. It probably isn’t productive, but I don’t look at it as that big of a deal.” McCarthy  is a perfect example of why the product that is being consumed has been on repeat and needs to have an escape.

A graduate of Northern Essex Community College, Ian Miller, who now goes to UMass Lowell is just woken up by a phone call as he says, “I had way too many things going on in my life and found myself spending way too much time on any of those apps, so I ended up deleting them and got a lot more of my schoolwork done earlier than I was before.”

Miller went cold turkey from all of the infinite amount of distractions on his phone and never looked back.

This is for sure a great approach to this situation, but if you could fix them from the source instead of having to hold and delete then it could be beneficial for the many others who find themselves in a rut from the brain-numbing streaming.

A graduate of UMass Lowell named Victoria Rouleau scoops up her cat and says, “I don’t use most of those apps, but my feed for the ones that I do use consists of just people that I know personally and it definitely is not cutting into things that I need to get done.”

This is about the only way that these apps can be consumed without tripping into the pit of the same material. If more people did this their screen time would be a lot lower than it is today.

Originality is a good source of inspiration to others and the failure to put out this content can do the exact opposite.

Even though it would be a nearly impossible feat to help fix the platform from where most people in society sit, it would still be great for someone to stop the trend of repetition.

It is no secret that time starts to fly by at an incomprehensible rate as we get older.

As unexplainable as this is, the trials and tribulations of life slowly weigh on the human race creating a paradox of what we used to know as one day now feels like a week.

It is most noticeable once we leave high school and look back at how many years ago that was in disbelief. Some people decide to ignore this and continue to go about their daily life whereas others may use it as motivation in order to accomplish more within a smaller period of time.

As an individual finding their way in life, it could last an eternity or you might be born knowing exactly what you want to do in life.

A student who took early college at Northern Essex Community College, then graduated from the University of New Hampshire in less than three years and is now going for a Masters degree in Nursing at MCPHS named Megan Carroll was born knowing that she wanted to go into the healthcare profession.

She states, “I eventually figured out that I wanted to be a nurse, but I did not know that when I was younger. As I noticed time was starting to fly by, I kinda just picked something and stuck with it.”

A lot of people tend to just pick something and see where it leads them, which can be very beneficial to your bank account.

A junior at St. Bonaventure considers his past and declares, “Based on my experiences in school, time flies by too fast and yet memories can be made. However, you need to seize the opportunities that you know and don’t know that are there and hope for the best and do your best.” This person’s name is Jack Dalton and he clearly takes none of college for granted. He wants to get his degree and he loves the idea of experiencing life whenever he can.

Dalton takes a great approach towards the clocks moving faster from his own perspective.

A graduate of UMass Amherst, David Rouleau sits at his desk in his apartment as he says, “High school feels like it was yesterday, and yet, I haven’t been there in almost seven years now. At the same time it also feels like another lifetime ago. I don’t know how someone is supposed to go about juggling the concept of time moving faster while dealing with their everyday problems, but I just keep my head up and keep keeping on.”.

All three of these interviewees bring up the fair point of having the mentality that there is nothing you can do, so why have it be a bad thing? Why not look at the overarching concept of time and tie it in with progression?

The future holds a lot of bright things for almost everybody. If you keep looking to the past or the future for answers or problems then you will miss the moment that you are in as time keeps gaining speed.

With all of the factors at play in your everyday life, it is hard to just pick up your bags and travel.

The typical job would not help you have any available time to actually go on this trip, especially if you are trying to actually experience the location of interest.

If you are a student and also working then this available time is dramatically decreased. Although there are plenty of options to go abroad within some colleges, it isn’t always possible with rent that needs to be paid, family that needs to be taken care of, as well as many other more extreme factors like an older family member who is not at the peak of their health.

A graduate of UMass Amherst named David Rouleau is playing his bass guitar as he stops after being questioned on the matter at hand and says, “I just got my passport for the first time a few days ago and have no trip in mind, but I have never been outside of the country and only been off of the east coast twice. I have felt the need to see the world my whole life, but never had the opportunity. Now with my passport I feel like it will be much easier to be spontaneous.”

Getting ready to go even with no trip in mind plays a huge role in giving yourself opportunity, but god knows how annoying it is to get this passport. Fear leads people to be nervous before being spontaneous.

This is not always the case because circumstances can help people get up and go.

A man named Jack Dalton finds his way into his garage and opens the door as he explains his traveling experience, “I was lucky that I grew up with my dad having been born in Ireland and always wanting to go back to be with our family. My grandmother is at an age now where he feels the need to be with her as much as possible and having her come here is no longer an option. I honestly can’t even count how many times I have been overseas now and I cannot wait to go again.”

Dalton’s point of view is not the average as he has been to Europe over 6 times, but also said that he had a lot of gratitude for the position that he has been given.

A graduate of Northeastern, Nicole St. Germain has also gone overseas plenty of times while also working a fulltime job at a few different fortune 500 companies over the years.

She took her life by the wheel and worked very hard to be where she is today. St. Germain sits at the dining table awaiting the food to be ready and says, “Everywhere I have been was unique and holds very important memories that I would not give up for anything. I feel that it was hard for me to make time for those trips, but that is a huge part of what I work for.”

She did not have as many opportunities to do what other people can with a lot of money so she set goals for herself and reached them.

Everybody wants to travel and it is almost a necessity as it could change your perspective for the better no matter where you go.

Not everybody may be naturally spontaneous, but there could be missed memories and regrets by not trying to be.

Nobody will regret what they did not buy in life, they will regret where they have not gone.