Hello Friends.
My name is Alexandria Jones. I’m 22 years of age and a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. I majored in the amazing profession of music therapy. What is music therapy? Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. (Definition from the American Music Therapy Association)
Basically to become a Board Certified Music Therapist you must complete 3 steps.
Step 1. Complete your coursework at an accredited college.
Step 2. Complete 1,040 hour (roughly 6 month) internship.
Step 3. Take and PASS Board Certification Test.
Then bam, I’m ready to save the world one C chord at a time.
So I left Boston and am currently making the move to Los Angeles, California where I will complete my 6 month internship at Childrens Hospital. I loved my time in Boston and more importantly all of the wonderful people I met. And the common themes amongst all of my friends and colleagues were those three little words “Keep In Touch.” I like to compare my style of keeping in touch with going to the gym. I psych myself out and start out really strong. I tell myself, “Yessss Alex, you got this!” And then over time I start skipping a couple of days and my “Sunday Cheat Day” in my diet turns into “Monday-Sunday Cheat Day.” And then the next things I know, I don’t even remember what the inside of a gym looks like. Basically #I’mterribleatkeepingintouch.
And in the rare cases that I do “keep in touch” I have these blackout moments where I can’t recall significant events in my life. In fact, I can’t recall any event in my life. I then revert to “I’m good” and “Everything is going well.” And these thoughts ran through my mind as I was saying goodbye to my college life in Boston.
My mother always said to me that we can replenish many things in life but not time. So take not for granted how you spend your time or when others spend time with you. You can’t ask for it back. So many of you have spent various amounts of time with me and whether it was for an hour, weeks, or years I cannot express how grateful I am. So I decided the least I could do is spend some of my time sharing pictures, stories, music, food, and anything else that inspires me throughout the next 6 months with you. I intend to do this with as much humor, sincerity, genuineness, authenticity, and love as I can. Please stay awhile J
With Love,
A
P.S. I've been listening to this song EVERYDAY since November. I think it sums up a bit of my thought process as I left behind the familiar and the comfortable to start anew.
