In hindsight, there was nothing super extraordinary that happened in 2013. There were no big changes and I didn't do anything worth uploading a Facebook "life event" to my profile... but it was a year that I will always look back on fondly for it was a year of comfort. After finishing up my junior year in the spring, I went back home and worked as a beverage cart girl for my second summer, and then in the fall, I moved into "Buck House" with the same sorority sisters that I lived down the hall from in the Kappa house for the past two years. 2013 was safe. 2013 was consistency. 2013 became "home".
As I pondered my resolutions for 2014 (because regardless of the fact that I stuck to about 5 out of the 13 I made for 2013, I love dreaming, making lists, and setting goals), I started to realize how much my life is inevitably going to change in 2014...
2014 means I'm graduating... 2014 means I'm going to have to get a real job (WHY CAN'T I JUST STAY ON THE BEV CART FOREVER?)... 2014 means turning 22 (birthdays are lame and don't matter after 21...)... 2014 means no more 6 hour Netflix binges... 2014 means moving out of my hometown?... 2014 means paying back college loans... 2014 means I'm officially a "grown-up"...
I suppose, whether I'm ready for it or not, 2014 will be the year I step out of my comfort zone.. and even though I'll miss my lazy college days where I don't have to get out of bed 'til 11 to get to my 12:15 class, I am excited to push myself and see where the uncertainty of 2014 takes me.
In 2014, I resolve to flourish.
In 2014, I resolve to thrive.
