Things I Am Learning At 23

Last year, I did this blog post about learning so much two months into 22(here is the link vhttps://kyrstenelaine.blogspot.com/2019/03/things-i-am-learning-at-22.html so I decided to write a blog post about what 23 is teaching me in the last five months. I've done a lot of reflecting.

• The Best Relationships Happen Unexpectedly:  Yeah enough said.

• Be Grateful For The Little Things: 2020 has brought a pandemic which has me grateful for my job that most of the times drives me crazy and leaves me exhausted but at the same time I still was able to work during this crazy time and I’m eternally grateful. Didn't think I would ever be a morning person but here I am getting up at 4:30am three days a week.

• God Has A Plan ALWAYS:   I had a faith crisis this year where I believed in God but I didn’t know if I wanted to attend church after the pandemic because I was struggling with my mental health and just thinking the world was going to end(y'all did too don’t lie) anyways, as soon as I thought that I got a text about five minutes later to have a phone call that would honestly change my life. I am forever thankful for that phone call and every little blessing that has come after that.

• Crying Is Okay:  I have cried WAY more during the last couple of months than I have all of last year and that is really saying something. Between the stress of work, a new church responsibility, I was having weekly breakdowns it seemed like. Now they are under control, I realized that sometimes a good cry is sometimes all you need.

• Everything Happens For A Reason: It has been so interesting to see why certain things didn't work out the way I thought it was going to work out. Why this friendship didn't last because maybe I needed to build more of a bond with the ones I had or why this relationship didn't work and so on. I never thought my life would be where it is but I know that everything that has happened has happened for a reason and it makes it all the worth it.

• Be Selfish: I learned this a lot recently. I realized I needed to make decisions for me and only me. Sometimes it means putting off school for a year to save money. Sometimes it means moving into your own apartment. 

• The Best is Yet To Come: This year has been weird, I thought I would have so many things figured out by now and in a way I have. Realistically though, I have a feeling the most exciting parts of my life are going to happen soon. It is coming and I am all sorts of ready.

23 so far has been a ride. This year has also been the most awkward, weird, crazy, and also slightly terrifying but regardless it is keeping me on my toes.