The Real Me

I was speaking with my roommate today and came to the conclusion that in my short (but sweet) 26 years of life I have gone through so many changes.

This revelation came in the form of a statement "it seems like you really relate to everyone."

I thought about this, and have thought over my life and how it seems that I have always been able to relate to others. What are the characteristics I have that make me a relate-able person?

 The answer came in two parts. The first part is that I am a genuine person.  When I am listening to someone, I listen.  When I hear a sad story, I get upset.  When something wonderful happens in your life, I am truly happy for you.  I try my hardest to have empathy in every situation, and work my best at being non-judgemental. 

The second part, which may be a little hard to understand, is that I have been through so many phases and been so many different people in my life.  At one point I was a nerd who only cared about school, one point a party girl, one point boy crazy, one point Emo, one point popular, one point anti-social. Any stereotype you can thing of I at one time transformed to fit that role. I have been a chameleon all my life. Becoming people who I wanted to be/thought I could be/was intrigued by. When I think about it though, this seems fitting. I'm in my twenties, the time where you are supposed to figure it out, get knocked down and start all over, keep trying until you figure it out.  At least that's what we have to keep telling ourselves or we'll never make it out alive.  If all else fails it was the plot for 'Friends'... And they all made it out alright.

Tell Me: What's left for you to figure out?  How do you find ways to continue to grow in this crazy world?

Vintage

As I am still struggling to get through the end of my grad school, and only have a part-time job it's pretty obvious that I live at home with my parents.  There are many pro's and con's to living at home and today I stumbled upon a pretty great one. 

Spring Cleaning!

As a clinician I work with people to find their coping skills that can help them when they are feeling overwhelmed or stressed.  For me, cleaning has always been what I use to de-stress.   So when I am bored, or overwhelmed or stressed- I clean.  

Today during my cleaning spree I stumbled upon something amazing.  An old polaroid camera! As soon as I found it all cleaning stopped and my attention was on making this camera work! 

(I obviously started snapping pictures right away!)

Although I found the camera it wasn't working, so I will be spending some of my free time trying to fix it! Looks like I just found my second hobby.

Tell Me: What are some hidden gems you have uncovered during your spring cleaning?

Quarter of a Century

I recently just entered the world of 25.

Debt

Being in debt sucks.

Being Single

Being in my twenties is an interesting time for my love life.  Most of my friends are in long term relationships and every month is another engagement.  My facebook newsfeed has turned into the daily bulletin of engagement rings and proposal photos.  And as much as this makes me want to sit at home, watch lifetime movies and eat ben and jerry's all day, it also makes me think.

Is 20 The New 80?

As I sit here thinking about my past few weeks, and weekends I can't help but think "What happened to my young, wild and free 20's?"

The Beginning

When I was younger I always wanted to be in my twenties.  When people asked me what I wanted to be when I "grew up" ... I thought about myself in my twenties.   And now here I am in my twenties and well, it's not all that it's cracked up to be.