THREE weeks into 2018!? How crazy time has flown away from me. It seems like just last week I was setting goals and getting prepared to kick this semester in the butt! It's said all the time, "make the moments count", "time goes by faster than you think", "enjoy it while you can". And I guess I never really listened to the people saying this. I was always so ready to move on and to start bigger and better things. So much so that I looked over each little moment and only just now realized how crazy life has been moving. Here's how the realization process of this went: I was sitting in my car, having a late night talk with my boyfriend and we ended up on the subject of old pictures and such. So he whips out his phone and starts going through all of the screenshots, snapchats, and selfies that have been taken of our relationship since the beginning. As I was sitting there looking at all of these new pictures that I had never seen before I was t...

As 2017 comes to a close and we begin a new year full of new resolutions and new standards many people are holding themselves to, I would like to take a look back on this past year and then think of my 2018 “goals”. I think this year was full of growth, self evaluation, and self discovery. I’ve become independent, like I’ve always found myself wanting to be. I grew up, moved out, and found a job I actually enjoy. I don’t live pay check to pay check and I would say I’m financially stable for being a college student paying rent every month. And I’m pretty proud of myself if I do say so myself. Not to say that any of that came easy. Just five months ago I was freaking out about not having a place to live during the school year and just four months ago I was freaking out over the price of living here. Not to say I have fully grown up. I still whine about having to work every weekend and I cry when people leave after hanging out with me here but it’s not so bad. I quite enjoy living along ...