Assignment 19- Colton Warner

This is going to sound ridiculous because of Colton Warner's outward image (sometimes I feel like I project this image embodying the "System.") but one of the most important pieces of advice that I think about in life is about "the box." Colton... the "box"... are you a hippy or ski bum? No, but one piece of advice was actually a joke my cabin had at camp. This manager of the camp who was somewhat stuck up told a counselor to put up his long hair for arrival day or to cut it. He then responded to her "Don't put me in that box, Man." It was an iconic phrase for the cabin and we kind of rebelled against that management and didn't let ourselves be put in that box, that suppression of who we were.
I think about it now and how valuable it is to be myself in front of others and to not let other people or situations "put me in that box"- that constraint and powerlessness. There is always a choice, and this advice empowers me to be me and follow my gut. I shouldn't follow the masses controlled by the system. I know how ridiculously hippie this is sounding and I embrace this mantra in part because it is so foreign to how I often live. The advice- my lock screen- reminds me to do me and frigg the system when the system isn't right.