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I made it. You made it. We made it to 2016. There were honestly times in 2015 that I didn't think I would make it to 2016, but here I am. Writing this blog. All I have to say is...thank goodness for people who never give up on you. I found old messages from random people that were just as relevant today as they were the day they sent them to me. I have made new friends who have made more of an impact in my life in just a few short months than people I've known my whole life. I've reconnected with so many old friends in the last few months. All of which have been the biggest blessing in this madness I call my life. When you go through a hard time, whether it's just a short period of time or the course of a year, you find out who is there for you. The saying "you find out who your friends are" couldn't be more true. I struggled with realizing my friends...weren't my friends. They were just people I thought were my friends. It was hard, especially with wh...

2015 is almost over (thank goodness) and I'm ready to bring in the new year. I'm ready for whatever 2016 has in store for me. 2015 has been difficult, wonderful, and for the last part... very strange . I'm so ready for all the new and exciting things 2016 has to offer and bracing myself for the difficult times. I have to say that after the year I've had, I feel that I can handle just about anything. Not all of 2015 has been hellish (just the first 9 1/2 months). From my birthday till now have actually been quite enjoyable (despite what some of my other posts have said). I've made a few new friends and just had some freaking fun for once in my life. I've learned that you can't go back to your past. Nothing wrong with remaining friends with people, but there are some relationships and friendships that can never be mended. I am moving on with my life and leaving my past in the past. 2016 is about moving forward. None of that 2 steps forward and 1 step backw...

Sometimes...you just gotta LET IT GO . It's no secret that 2015 has been a roller coaster of emotions for me. I went through an extremely difficult 5 months. I've learned a lot about myself and life in general this past year. 1.) Here's the biggest one. Let it go. You can't change the past. Holding onto certain emotions or people won't do you any good. It only makes it harder for you to move on with your life. That means go delete them off Facebook, Instagram, out of your phone, whatever it is that you used to communicate with them. You don't have to forget the memories, but you can't let those run the rest of your life. Focus on your future and being happy. 2.) Choose happiness. Choose to be happy. Choose to do what you love. Choose to have fun. Choose to enjoy life and the people around you. Choose to be adventurous. Choose to be spontaneous. Choose to do something you would have never thought you would do. 3.) Be open. Open to meeting new people, no matte...

Nothing like an OKC Thunder win & Kevin Durant coming back to put me in a good mood and want to write. (9-6...in case you were wondering.) So here it goes... Being single is both a blessing and a curse. I say it's a blessing and a curse simply because it can be the best thing to happen to you and it can absolutely suck at the same time. Being single is the perfect time to discover yourself, as cliche as that is, it's true. It gives you the chance to do what YOU love to do, and figure out what YOU want in life. When you're with somebody for a long period of time, or even short as it seems to go these days, you plan around them. You plan tomorrow, next week, next month, or even an entire lifetime. Sometimes you don't think about the things you want to do, but instead you think about the things BOTH of you want or you think about what THEY want. When you're single you have the chance to explore without someone questioning or keeping tabs on you. You learn to un...

Okay, so I originally dedicated this blog to girls/young women...but now it's changing. It's just a blog. No special dedication, no special anything really. It's for people to read and hopefully take something from my posts. So, enjoy. Tonight as I write this, I'm reminded of all the things I love. Why? Well, because I'm about to start watching my recording of Talking Dead and I just finished watching an OKC Thunder game (which we won, THUNDER UP! #wearethunder #getupgetloud ) and if you know me at all...you know how much I love that team. I even have a tattoo to prove it. No, I'm not one of those girls who watches basketball just to look at all the players, although it doesn't hurt that we have Steven Adams & Kevin Durant on our team :). I honestly love the game of basketball and I love all the guys on that team. So, with that being said...let's talk about love. I love the OKC Thunder, tattoos, Steven Adams (he's a handsome dude), re...

We all have a bad day, or a bad week, a bad month, and sometimes it just feels like the entire year has been horrible. I've certainly talked about how rough the year 2015 has been for me, it hasn't been easy. I do my best to keep my head up and stay positive, and it's pretty easy sometimes and other times it seems impossible. One thing I've known, but realized it more today than anything is, it's about loneliness. I'm tired of being alone. Not the "I need a boyfriend" type lonely, but the "I need a friend" lonely. Do you ever walk into a room and are surrounded by lots of people that care about you, but you still feel like you're completely alone? I've had a lot of people walk in and out of my life over the past years. I always do my best to stay in touch with everyone, I try and be the friend that you can talk to, I would always plan parties and such at my house, and I always end up getting burned in the end. There are people I haven...

I'm a very inconsistent blogger. Most of the time I don't think anyone actually reads this thing anyways. 2015: YOU HAVE NOT BEEN KIND TO ME. 2016: WHERE ARE YOU AT? Bring on the new. Bring on the change (even though I will hate every single second of that). Bring on meeting new people. Bring on the friends. Bring on the adventures. Bring on 2016. (I know it's still November, but I'm looking forward to getting out of this year)