I Celebrate Myself

This topic is very much related to the transcendentalists and their idea of individuality. These three words actually come from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself. Whitman, like the other examples of transcendentalists we talked about, was very into nature and getting away from society. They think that we(society) are too much concerned about materialism and wealth. In Into the Wild, Chris just donated or left everything and tried surviving in the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Chris was basically the epitome of self -reliance. This seems too ludicrous for me as I can't even imagine myself leaving or destroying everything of wealth and surviving in a desolate location. Though, I can see their idea of being individual and going away from norm. What these transcendentalist did to celebrate themselves was doing what they felt was right and what made them feel happy.

Although, I'm not a true transcendentalist, I still somewhat celebrate myself. I celebrate myself for not trying to be like everyone and getting every new piece of technology just to fit in. I celebrate myself just by being myself! Being content and happy is another achievement for me as I believe you can't "celebrate" yourself if you aren't proud or happy with who you are. I celebrate myself for even the smallest achievements, like making it past a level in a game or pouring out some water without spilling. I celebrate myself for getting the grades that I get (straight A's) and having a relatively simple approach to school and life, just try my hardest.  Even though there things in our lives that we'd rather not celebrate, we should learn from them and celebrate what we accomplished. Being different and not conforming is probably the biggest thing that we can celebrate.