Becoming Coco

Growing up I usually quit anything new I tried that I wasn’t immediately good at, which no surprise was pretty much everything. I had some weird belief that if I wasn’t immediately good then that meant I was a failure and an embarrassment. I wrongly felt like all the other kids my age were better than me and that I would never be that good. It never occurred to me that I could get better if I tried because my self-esteem was unable to handle the small set-backs.  Now that I’m older I look at all the things I never stuck with: figure skating, art, karate, ballet, hip-hop, tennis, rock climbing, piano, surfing. I was afraid to fail, afraid to get hurt and afraid to be myself. If I had stuck with just one of those things I could be a master by now! Oh how youth is wasted on the young.  But this is why it’s so important that we get this message across to everyone. You CAN achieve your goal, you CAN reach your dream and YES it is MEANT to be this hard! Yes you are ME...

Hello friends,  If you have been with us from the beginning you will remember this blog was "Becoming Coco." The name Coco was from my college nickname with my best friends from the Unofficial Sorority of Biola, The Decadox. Coco resonated with the identity I had back then. The term "Becoming" was used because this blog was created with the intent of sharing everything which was on my mind and made up my life. I wanted to document the journey to becoming who I would and wanted to be. I had no aim in particular and just wrote about whatever topic came to my mind. However, I am re-branding this blog. We are now "Becoming Korenski." I am continuing the concept that this blog will share and document my journey with you all. All I ever wanted was a place to express my true self and see if it could resonate with, inspire or help others. Though "Coco" was my nickname from college, "Korenski" is actually my nickname from High School. My ...