Social Media: Harmful or Helpful?

So I’m sitting in my living room and I’m supposed to be getting homework done for my classes, but I felt led to writing something. Lately our society has been putting so much out there that I feel is leading this generation down a dark path. Depression and anxiety is high, and I think it is leading amazing people with incredible potential down a dark road.

A couple weeks ago, we lost a great pastor from depression. The day before he passed away he did a funeral for someone who killed themselves. He wrote about how sad it was because now their family is left with that on their shoulders, they are left with this grieving period. The next day he killed himself. LISTEN, I don't know if you are a Christian or not, if you have this in your head as well about not being good enough and not being able to take what you're dealing with, there is help! 

We all need to be there for each other, we need to be lifting one another up. We shouldn’t be on social media to bully people and tell them they aren't good enough. We are here to love on one another, and lead those who are lost to God. Social media has made it so easy for everyone to stray from God, but on the opposite end, it also helps bring people to God. We need to see how we are using our platform, is it to gain more followers? Or is it to show people the love of God? We really need to see what we are doing on our free time. Look, I am just as guilty from time to time, checking my stats and seeing where I am, and how I can gain more followers. But we really need to be elevating God’s name, and not our own. We must see where there is a need, and go there, fill that need, and preach to the lost! This is something that I just have had on my mind, YOU are needed. I promise you are Loved, valued and needed!  There truly is only one of you, and the world can’t afford to lose your shine, we need YOU! Don’t try to go and be someone you’re not. We already have that one person you are wishing you were, that you see on instagram. 

Also this leads me to another point, on instagram, no one is perfect. That family you see that is “perfect”, they aren't. They are only showing you the positive feed, they aren't showing you the nitty gritty that life throws. Who wants to see the bad, and the ugly? No one. That is why, that model you see who is looking so perfect all the time, she doesn’t always look that way. She has blemishes and imperfections... because she is imperfect. That guy you idolize everyday??? Yeah he's not so perfect, he has this glamorous life but who is to say he likes it? He has money, but that doesn't fill the God shaped whole in his heart. He isn't perfect, he has his bad days, we all do. So please don't go being sad thinking your life sucks and is boring, no one has a perfect life. We are all just living this life trying to figure out what works for each of us. And we are here to elevate God’s name, Gods name in lights not our own.

Now this was kind of everywhere, but I guess the bottom line is, we are not perfect. Social media makes it so easy for people to look perfect. We aren't, but we serve a Perfect God, and that is what counts! A perfect God who loves us despite our flaws and imperfections, and wants us to know He loves us so much more than we can fathom.

Meeting Noah Schnacky

Hey guys!

Long time no talk! I wanted to come here and say I've been so out of it. I've been in my own little world of God cant use me anymore and i don't know what to do. I couldn't be more wrong, and if you are thinking that too, STOP! I’m here to tell you, you couldn't be more wrong. This little break from blogging and youtube has actually had the opposite effect on me then I thought! I’m getting back into the groove of things and I want you to know you can too! So the reason I’m here, is to take y'all on a journey with me! 

So I have been spreading word on social media and telling people to check out this amazing guy Noah Schnacky, and yet I didn't even think to write about my experience of meeting him on August 26, 2019, or how he has affected me and my life... so here it goes. 

About 11 months ago Noah came out with his second single "Maybe We Will" and I happen to be one of the lucky winners... but if we wanna do this right maybe I should take you back to the beginning! 

Jan 27th is Noah's birthday, and my friend Shayree is the one who told me about Noah. She dmed me on the 27th of January 2017 telling me to check him out, and me being me i said "Okay sure" with really no intention of checking him out. I was already into a lot of bands and musicians and I didn't need more. Well the next day I was super bored and decided, "Eh why not check him out" so I got back on my Instagram and clicked on the link she sent me, and from then on I was hooked! I started watching his covers that he posted and soon his lives. He is hilarious, his lives would always make my days so much better. Noah is someone who isn’t afraid of showing his faith in God and talking about Him. This, made me smile all the time, FINALLY I thought, a guy not afraid of showing his faith in God. So everyday, I would watch his lives and comment on his posts. About 5 days after I followed him on twitter and Instagram he followed me back, once I put anchors by my name. At this time it was easier for him to see who had an anchor by their name that he didn't follow, so follows were easier. He inspired me to do lives and talk to the fam, and a few times he even joined them, and commented stuff being his super sweet self! I’ll admit there were times in end of 2017 until he released "Hello Beautiful" Jan 2018, that I got super busy and didn't tweet at him or dm him. But it was a busy season in life. His first single dropped and everyone lost it. He did it! He released his first single and it was amazing, I might have cried, I was so proud of him. But mostly the song is just so beautiful, and it was worth the wait. If y’all haven’t heard it, go listen.....like now!! You wont regret it. 

So this song came out and it was amazing, but wait October 27, 2018 comes around and Noah has been promoting his first single, and now his second one. This second one comes around and this is his second contest to win merch, or a phone call from him, or a hometown visit. This is where he comes to your house and makes it a night you wont forget. Well I played that song over 10,000 times (that’s right I’m dedicated), and by the way his second single is called "Maybe We Will" and this one is just as good as "Hello Beautiful" if not better. So the contest is 6 days in, I won some merch, which for me... I didn’t think I’d win at all. So at this point, I’m so happy! I won some merch and I thought I’m good, I don't need to keep playing it. Well see, I played that song on repeat on low every single day, for 6 days on my phone and iPad! So I figured that I was good, but instead I keep playing it. Well one night I was asked to babysit. So I go about my business and head over to babysit. Well I was not expecting to win or be guested on Instagram by him, my hair a mess, wearing my comfy clothes. Well to my dismay, that night I’m sitting babysitting and I get a request while watching Noah's live, to be guested. I am freaked out, he just said that he's about to announce the winner of the last hometown visit, and now he’s requested to guest me! This is it, I walk out of the room and I head to a quiet room so I can hear Noah talk. But like I thought I couldn’t really understand him. I told him to save the live, and he said he would. But I got to talk to him and Allie, so cool! They are both amazing people! So after this I call my parents and I’m out of breath, cause I’m so excited! They don’t believe me and when I hang up I give them the link and they watch and ask so many questions like how I won! 

Okay now 11 months go by, and its August. So I have some explaining to do, Noah has been busy with radio tour over summer and just promoting his music to radio stations, and also releasing another song. This next song is "I’ll Be the One", okay so this song I think I legitimately cried while listening to, because it is literally what I want in a relationship one day. Noah seriously knows how to pull on the heart strings. So this song is out on August 9, 2019, and Noah is texting fans like crazy for us to promote. Off and on Noah will text me reminding me he knows about the hometown visit! And I’m pumped and cant wait... well this new song brings on ANOTHER contest, yet this one has no hometown visit option. Noah still has to meet the 3 people who won with Maybe We Will, and the girls and I are so pumped to meet him and have a blast!  After all the excitement wears off, now it’s time to wait to meet him. Now it’s August 25th 2019, and its the night before I meet Noah. Noah's mom Kim, DMs me on instagram making sure she has all the right information for Noah! And August 26, 2019 rolls around, its the day!!! It was crazy that all day I knew that I was meeting this guy that has been an inspiration to so many people, including me. He is the reason I am doing this whole blogging thing. He is the reason so many people do what they love, they see what he's gotten out of doing what he loves, and they want to as well. I wont bore you with me getting ready and freaking out over thinking I don't have enough time to get ready. But its now 9:25 pm and he is outside my house, I can see the car and my heart is racing. I believe I felt this way for a total of 4 minutes, from when I saw the car, until I was hugging him. After we hugged I was 100 % my self and so comfortable around him. He is TALL! Wow, like I thought I already knew that! But he is taller than I pictured. But I guess the first thing I noticed was just how sweet he is. Both him and I were like shocked that we were real and that we were actually meeting in person. So he comes in and we start talking and he gets to know my parents, we laugh about Bill (Noah's music rep)  not wanting to come into the house. He thought it was a bit odd that they were coming to our house around 10PM! (We all got a crack up once we saw the footage Noah posted). So once Noah came in he handed us some dessert they bought for me, and man was it good! So Noah is asking if its okay for him to play some music for us, and we are all for it. I tell him ill let him use my guitar, and he gets all excited once he sees that I own a Martin! He sits on our couch with it, and starts playing and tuning it. Once he gets it all set up he introduces everyone to us: Nick, Lance( his dad), and Bill. Now he starts playing us a few of his unreleased songs and man is Noah good at serenading. He holds that eye contact and you can tell he means every single word of his songs. I wanted to cry when he sang "More Beautiful" and "Slow Down" but I kept it in, I just smiled like an idiot. The whole time, it was just an unforgettable night for sure. Then he started on "Meet The Man", and this song tore my heart, it was such a well thought out song, and an emotional song that will get to your heartstrings. He truly, as an artist knows how to pull those heart strings and make you feel everything he feels. I think if you like country music and how every song tells a story, you'll LOVE Noah Schnacky. So after Noah got us all in an emotional state with his songs, we decided to show him our dog, Chet "Schnackadoodle" Martin! He didn't believe us at first and when he finally did, he freaked out and kept petting him and laughing that we named Chet after his last name. After that excitement we showed them our backyard and the chickens and our turkey, and kind of just showed them what they could see at 10 P.M. After we spent a good 15 minutes outside, we headed back inside and talked for a few more minutes before we said goodbye until the next time. 

You guys I cant tell you enough just how sweet and how incredibly talented Noah really is in person! It was one of the most incredible experiences, that I would never change a single thing that happened. He is one of the most genuine guys you will ever meet. I have wanted to meet Noah since I first started following him. He is one of those guy who will make you feel like you’re just a friend and that you are important to him.  If you have the opportunity to meet Noah Schnacky, don’t hesitate, take it! He is 100% one of the coolest, most genuine, funniest, sweetest and most talented guys I know! And he truly deserves the world and everything that is good in it. 

I hope you guys enjoyed my little blog about my experience with meeting Noah and what I've experienced being part of the Anchor fam!  If you have met him,  I challenge you to post about your experience too, and we can all send it to Noah and show him how much we appreciate him, and all his hard work!

Thanks for reading guys♥️

Note to Self...be nice to people

This is a note to people who’ve been in my life. This is also a note to me, to stay on the path that I am on. I want to bring people in my life in on this because you have all shaped me to who I am now. Whether someone has been with me since 6th, 8th grade or high school, or joined my journey in 2013, 2014 or 2019. You have shaped who I am. Whether your impact was negative or positive, I am who I am from my friends, experiences, and the journey so far. I am so blessed that I have the family I have, I am blessed by God from the friends I have. And I would not change a thing that has happened to me. I have been through some pretty scary, and crazy things the past 25 1/2 years. And yet, I would not take back a single thing, health wise, personal life, or situations with friends. God has put me in certain situations that HE KNEW would make me who I am today. Yeah sometimes I’m lazy and don’t want to do anything. But if you knew half of the stuff I’ve been through you’d see that the times I’m lazy really isn’t that big of a deal. I have endured some pretty scary health issues with myself, or with family members. I have had some pretty intense anxiety since I was 15, but has slowly become okay. I don’t want to get so in depth with family things, so i’ll just say it has been anything but normal. And I have had some pretty incredible friends I’ve made along the way, who have stayed by my side and let me know they weren’t going anywhere. But I’ve also had those who have left me, and that’s okay, because they all taught me something. Not everyone is meant to stay in your life, in fact, God puts certain people in your life to learn something, and then takes them out. Now, I can’t say that I haven’t tried to get certain people back, but God knows that they can’t go with, and has had to remind me several times I’m better off without them. So to let them go, was difficult and I’m quite stubborn, but in the end I got the hints. I’ve had ups and downs, and the ups have been some of the most amazing ups, but when I say I’ve had downs, they have been life changing. I mean if you’re going to have ups make them the very best you can, and the lows you might hit rock bottom. But than it makes the rest of your journey seem like a cake walk. Now, in no way am I saying life is a cake walk or should be. If you have a boring, no ups and no downs life, you’d be dead. Straight line just like one of the medical machines. You don’t want a boring straight line life. Make your ups memorable and your downs something to learn from.

Intro to me!

Hey guys, my name is Kacie, I’m a college student, 25 almost 26. I have a pretty great life, but it’s not always been ups in my life. I am going to write about my personal experiences, and maybe you’ll be able to relate. If not, maybe you know someone who has gone through things I have, and you'll have an insight to their life. It’s a journey that I hope you join me for. And maybe you can help me along the way! We can all help each other become who we feel we ought to be. And maybe I can help you along your journey in life as well!

Love Kacie <3