journey Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/journey/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:47:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 The Story Behind the Castle: Disney Studios https://youthareawesome.com/the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios https://youthareawesome.com/the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:47:52 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117300 Whether it be birthday parties or theme parks, Disney has shaped our generation’s childhood through its legacy in animation. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Mufasa: The Lion King, Disney has been creating extraordinary movies for its audience since 1927 when Walt Disney Studio was first established. Disney has a significant role in […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/the-story-behind-the-castle-disney-studios/feed/ 0 A Sock’s Journey – From Dryer to Destiny (A Poem) https://youthareawesome.com/a-socks-journey-from-dryer-to-destiny-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-socks-journey-from-dryer-to-destiny-a-poem Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:45:58 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=116061   It was an ordinary day and everything was going great without a doubt I had just finished getting ready as I had planned to go out I had gone to the bin to get my socks, filled with cheer When I suddenly realized that one of my favorite sock’s – had disappeared!   I […]

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]]> The School of Light https://youthareawesome.com/the-school-of-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-school-of-light Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:00:15 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=83863 Jambo! Habari Gani? Mzuri? Mzuri! And that was it. My level of competency in Swahili reached a grand level of four words. And that’s where verbal communication ended. I didn’t literally comprehend what the children were saying, but their eyes expressed all that needed to be heard. Our relationships weren’t based on anything that could […]

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]]> An Introspective Paradise https://youthareawesome.com/an-introspective-paradise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-introspective-paradise Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:05:13 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=82987 A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you’ll see me in front of you. ~Khalil Gibran You don’t see me. As I hear the clock tick, papers rustle, and pencils break, I find a sense […]

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]]> Altitude: An Original Poem https://youthareawesome.com/altitude-original-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=altitude-original-poem Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:12:33 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=76718 This poem was inspired by the desire to just write something after quite a long break from poetry. The process of applying for university can be overwhelming with everyone trying to offer their advice, wanted or unwanted. It is important to have a way to sometimes break free and that’s what this poem is about. […]

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]]> Soweto: Seeing Differently https://youthareawesome.com/soweto-differently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soweto-differently https://youthareawesome.com/soweto-differently/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:25:33 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=75744 Soweto, the name of the South West Township that borders Johannesburg, the city where I was born. Merely thirty kilometers from where I was born, a drastically different country seemingly resides. It’s paradoxical the drastic wealth disparity between the luxurious golf and country estates to the township that many call home. A tour took us past […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/soweto-differently/feed/ 4 Blogger Of The Month, August 2015: Emily Donville https://youthareawesome.com/emilydonvillebloggerofmonth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emilydonvillebloggerofmonth Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:57:41 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=74911 I had the great fortune of speaking with our blogger of the month Emily Donville, over Starbucks and a gelato, about her experience and on Youth Are Awesome and her journey as an individual in her own life. So without further ado ladies and gentlemen presenting our talented and diligent blogger, Emily Donville! What does blogging […]

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]]> Aleem Arif – the Creative Mastermind Behind Bano eeMee https://youthareawesome.com/aleem-arif-creative-mastermind-bano-eemee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aleem-arif-creative-mastermind-bano-eemee Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:33:08 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=74219 Being the designer and founder of a successful leather-focused fashion brand after switching careers from finance to fashion with your family as your biggest support system seems like quite the journey hey? But then again who is to say that life isn’t full of ups and downs right? After sitting down with the designer of […]

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]]> Finding Kind- A Documentary https://youthareawesome.com/finding-kind-a-documentary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-kind-a-documentary Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:59:15 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=45408   A few weeks back I received the magnificent opportunity to attend a documentary “Finding Kind” at the ConocoPhillips Auditorium thanks to Youth Central and Youth Are Awesome! Finding Kind was a documentary regarding girls and the reasoning behind why they are so mean towards one another. Two girls decided to find the answer by […]

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