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Missing College After Graduation

This one is for all of my wonderful college friends who are like me and won’t be going back to school this fall.

I’ve been feeling really weird and sad lately about the fact that I won’t be going back to college in a few weeks. As I watch a bunch of my younger friends buy stuff for their college dorms and pack up all their stuff, I honestly feel like I’m missing out on all the fun. This is the first time in four years I’ll be living with my parents through the fall and not living with my best friends in my college town. I mean, who wouldn’t get emotional over that? I get very nostalgic recalling moving out for the first time my freshman year or going to RA training my sophomore and junior year. At the time, I didn’t even realize how pivotal and important those times were. And I miss those days. A lot. If you’re like me, you miss them too and you don’t know what to do about how you’re feeling. So I’ve decided to just kind of spill my thoughts out on this blog post. Maybe some cliches will help.

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Life Update:

Happy weekend! I am so relieved this week is over but I can’t believe its already August. I kinda feel like I‘m in a perpetual state of summer because I don’t have to go back to school at the end of the month. It will probably hit me more that I am no longer a student when September starts, lets just enjoy the time being. For now, its August and it’s been a while since I’ve done a life update. So here are the basics to what I’ve been up to lately. 

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Letter to my Freshman Year Self

I’ll be honest for a moment: I am currently on the verge of an emotional break down. Now it could be combination of finals stress and moving out stress and work stress, but deep down I know its solely because I only have a few more days left of college.

I am in awe of how quickly the last four years have gone by. It feels like yesterday that my mom, dad and little brother moved me into my freshman dorm; but it also feels like another lifetime ago.

When my mom dropped me off at school, I cried. I didn’t want to go to college, especially such at a small school. I was so scared. But now as I’m looking back on the last few years, I feel like bawling just because college has been better than I ever imagined and I can’t believe its almost over. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I can’t see my friends everyday or live in this little town that I’ve grown to love.

If I could go back in time to the day I started college, I would tell my 18 year old self so much about the next year years. And I would do the same for my 19 year old self, my 20 year old self and even my 21 year old self. Every single year I learned so much about life and myself.

So to all the versions of my past self, but especially to the scared little freshman who just got dropped off by mom and dad: this one is for you.

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A Balancing Act

I have been a really bad blogger lately. Not that this is a totally awful thing because my life is very full of other responsibilities. I just started my last semester college (shrieks) and that certainly makes me want to cherish every moment of the next few months. This also means I am saying yes to so many new and exciting things that come up. Wanna go see a drag show? ABSOLUTELY! Hey, there are salsa dancing classes this Saturday…SIGN ME UP! Yo, I need an actress for this student film I’m directing…SIGN ME UP! There is always something new and interesting to do, but that doesn’t mean other obligations or responsibilities can fall short. That being said, life can get really crazy but that doesn’t mean you can’t get everything you want to do done.

The idea for this post came to me last semester when one of my good friends asked me how I balance being a full time student, working two part time jobs, being in clubs, running a blog, working out, traveling, having a social life and more. Now that I’ve actually typed all of that out, that really does seem like a lot, but somehow I get it done.

For anyone who feels like they’re overwhelmed, walking on a tightrope or couldn’t possibly take on more stuff than they already do, here’s how I balance my life in order to get everything I both want and need to get DONE.

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The Last Five Years: My “One Line A Day” Book

Happy 2018 everyone! I told myself I wasn’t going to post anything involving the new year, because I have been so busy with New Years Eve and catching up with friends and I’m about to leave for Scotland. But I just realized something that I think is so cool: I just completed my five year “One Line A Day” book.

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New Face, Who Dis?

Fun fact: I love showing people side by side comparisons of my face pre and post op. Everyone’s reactions are always hilarious and they always say something like “You look so good now!…not that you looked bad before…but wow!” Unless you’re my little brother who tells me I was ugly then and am still ugly now. He keeps me humble.

The left picture was taken in December 2015, after my first consultation for the surgery, but before the braces. The second picture was taken in November 2017, the day my braces came off. I’m laughing at the fact that I’m wearing the same J.Crew vest because that was definitely not on purpose.

I wanted to make this post about the recent identity crisis I’ve been having since I had my double jaw surgery. My friends and family will ask me all the time if I get freaked out when I look in the mirror or if I miss the way my face used to look. And the answer is yes…but also no.

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What’s in my Bag?

Today I want to share everything I carry around with me whenever I leave the house. Besides the obvious things I need with me (like my phone, keys and wallet), here are my essentials that I like to have on me to make me look like I have my life together.

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Life Update

So I haven’t been posting as often as I used to for a lot of reasons. Since I was in Alabama, these past few weeks have been me trying to get my life together here at school. Here is what I’ve been up to and what I’m looking forward to:

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101 Things in 1001 Days

I have wanted to do a list like this ever since I saw Isabella’s list on Yep It’s Prep. (TBH she’s like totally my blogging girlcrush and provided mad inspiration for me to make my own blog in the first place, so big shoutout to her). This post reminds me of when some friends and I used to make summer lists in high school of everything we wanted to accomplish before school started. It got a little aggressive and weird because we made it a contest, but none the less, it was still a solid memory. I’m glad to be doing something like that again.

These are the 101 things I want to accomplish in the next 1001 days. A lot of them have to do with travel. A lot of them have to do with trying new things. A lot of them have to do with bettering myself. All of them are about living life to the fullest (as cliche as that sounds) and seizing opportunities. By the time this list is finish, I will have graduated college. Will I be in grad school? Will I have a full-time job?Will I still be living in Maryland? There are so many unknowns about my future, but that honestly excites me.

1001 days. That is 2.75 years. A lot can happen and change in a person’s life during that time. I’m trying to remember where I was 1001 days ago today and wow that feels like a totally different world.  I know a lot of really exciting things are going to happen within these 1001 days. I hope its a period of spectacular transformation for me. I hope the next 1001 days are full of adventure and excitement. I hope I can look back on this list and know I tried my hardest to accomplish as much as possible, and smile back on the memories made because of this list.

I want to encourage you to make your own list as well! It gives you things to look forward to, motivation to push yourself and also achieve some things you’ve always wanted to do. I’ve already forced some of my friends to make a list with me, so join the fun and comment below if you’re joining this journey with me.

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