Blake Sunshine is just a regular girl living in Austin, Texas, blogging and working in social media for National Instruments. A year ago Blake graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a degree in public relations and is now chief-blogger for The Perennial Millennial -  a blog about things that are interesting and make Blake happy: Social media, blogging, public relations, millennials, queso, innovation and football.

The hardest part about growing up is figuring out what you want. For a lot of Gen-Y’s this means deciding what to do after graduation. But even years after graduation, the journey of knowing what you want never seems to end. Figuring out what you want is hard, but it becomes so much easier if you allow yourself to be honest about your journey.

Last Thursday night when the Lakers won the final game of the NBA championship, Ron Artest thanked his doctor and his psychiatrist. “Thank you so much,” Artest said, “There’s so much commotion going in the playoffs. She helped me relax.”

The whole world knows how difficult Artest’s journey has been. He has battled with alcoholism and with anger issues and I’m sure there was a time where he wondered if basketball was really giving him what he wanted from life. But Artest carried on and was beyond honest with the world last night, letting everyone know about his time in therapy and how his life has changed since the “Malice at the Palace.”

“I think the public is learning more about this because athletes like Ron Artest are brave enough to come forward and say this person really helped me and I want to thank him,” said Dr. Nicole Miller.

Well I want to thank Ron Artest, because he has helped me on my journey too and taught me a few things along the way:

1. Know that you have nothing to be ashamed of- Artest has never been ashamed of his past and you could see it in his game last night.
2. Know that things can always change- It’s never too late to change the path you are on. Making honest changes to who you are can be difficult, but the effort is always worth it.
3. Prove you know yourself best- You always have and always will know yourself and your journey better than anyone else.

Ron Artest has been honest about his journey from the beginning, and now he has an NBA championship.

How can you be more honest in your journey?  What will you become a champion of?

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