24!!

Wow life has been moving fast recently! Catching up on a few posts here and feeling so lucky to celebrate another birthday on the beach :)

Got my horizontal license and I’m feeling changed (I promise I’m kidding) 😩

The fact that already a year has passed by blows my mind - I feel like I was just posting about 23. While each year that passes brings its own growth, opportunities, and lessons, I feel like it’s easier for me to grasp a more dramatic time change than just 365 days. So I’m going to refer to my 14 year old self!

8th grade me. If only I could show her what was to come.

She was so unsure of who she was going to be. She was practically terrified of even the thought of college, let alone high school. She doubted nearly everything she did. She pushed herself, but didn’t believe in herself.

Now looking back at 24, I smile at 14 year old me and remember exactly how she felt. I would tell her that she still struggles sometimes with finding moments to be proud of herself, but that she’d face her fears and exceed them (all while creating new fears LOL)!

Things would be challenging, and she’d still struggle with self doubt at times, but over the next 10 years, she would learn who she is. She would understand what she values and how she wants to become. She would believe in herself and who she is as a person.

And I know for certain that who I am is ever evolving - there’s so much more to learn about myself in the following 10 years. By 34, I’ll be looking back at this probably laughing at what I thought I knew now - and that’s okay!

I am so grateful to have another trip around the sun complete and each year I get excited thinking about what the following year will bring and what that will look like compared to years prior.

As always, thank you to my dear friends and family members for making my 24th a wonderful birthday ❤️