Heyo
My names Yoni (yo•knee). I was born in Israel, and moved to the states in 2004. I learned English in the 5th grade and by the 6th I had caught up in reading ability. Those two years were a tough transition but there came a turning point in my life that I went from being Yoni the immigrant to Yoni that guy with a weird name.
Life changing points seem to be my forte. In high school I went through more changes and growth than the average kid, and then when I thought it would be over in College, I went through 6 majors in one and a half years. All that seems to have been just my formula to life, because I'm now a junior advertising major, with a photography company that grows exceptionally everyday.
I have this dog, named Yip-Yip (like yep). Yip is a mini schnauzer about 5 years old now. He has firmly positioned himself as the highlight of my snapchat stories.
A List Of Things:
The color blue is sweet (blue is my fav color)
I like to explore the fresh outdoors, only when it's not winter.
I have a super rad family, ask me about them sometime
My dog Yip-Yip is a bo$$ (add me on Snapchat to learn more @yoniliveonce)
I have a severe caffeine addiction but college so it's fine.
I grew up absolutely hating English. Honestly just didn’t appreciate it at all, and if you asked any of my high school English teachers they would tell you that same thing. It wasn’t till I got to college, that I began to value not only reading, but more so writing.
I enjoy writing stories, and blog posts, I like to throw together Inspirational Tuesdays on Instagram, quotes paired with a photo, and then connect them with my life, to show my followers, family, and friends, that I’m not just writing these as a weekly tradition, but that I’m devoted to try and impact even just one person, weekly. Which I guess will tie in right about here into community. Yes I do write traditionally on occasion, but on the daily I write social media posts, which means I engage with my immediate community with most everything I produce. This can be a frightening experience. I see people bashing on posts all the time with their personal values and opinions and ignoring the fact that it’s not their post, and I’m just waiting for the day some heated argument over something I post occurs.
Hiya Yoni,
ReplyDeleteYour random list of facts about yourself makes me smile! For someone who used to dislike writing so much, you have such a strong and clever writerly voice! I didn't realize you went through 6 majors! I thought it was just 2. Nevertheless, I say good for you; that is the point of college and it takes courage to be willing to try on all different kinds of future identities!
I would like to know more, though, about how you understand community. You seem to have a clearish sense of the online and local community you are a part of, but I don't know (from what you have here) how you understand that community or what makes it a community? How do you know you have these online communities or a local one? Do the two overlap at all or are they entirely the same?