It’s my Birthday week! Which also happens to coincide with my state’s Tax Free School Shopping weekend which means I work pretty much 7 days this week. But I have today off which means birthday fabulousness ALL day 
I was thinking of doing a 24 before I’m 24 list today like Hannah Ackroyd (of Hannahackroyd.wordpress.com) did on her birthday but the more I thought about it the more I decided against it. I don’t want to start this year thinking about all the things I might fail to accomplish or did fail to accomplish this year. So instead I’m making myself a promise.
I have a really bad problem with overthinking things and worrying about the future. Spending too much time thinking about the next thing to cross off my list than actually enjoying doing whatever that thing was. So here’s what I’m promising myself for my 23rd year of life. I’m going to think about the future as much as I have to to be responsible (at 23 not thinking about the future isn’t really plausible) but I’m not going to let it take away from my present. So I will stop with the anxiety attacks and enjoy things.
I am so, unbelievably excited to start grad school and I want to enjoy every minute of it. So this year I will not make myself sick worrying over whether or not I will find a job, but instead enjoy grad school for the experience it is. I was lose myself in books and criticism, rejoice over ever paper cup of coffee in the library, and not feel guilty for having the opportunity to do so. I will stop getting so angry over little things (like people I don’t know not taking me seriously…again, that kind of goes with the 20-something territory) and be the bigger person, treating people with respect regardless. I will be the person I want people to think of me as. And I’ll be happy
Hope you all have a great week! Go read a book, do something crafty, or go shopping…
