My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

Lately, I have been thinking about this change of responsibility in my life. I am really excited for graduate school as I have been going to orientations. There is one thing that I am starting to notice though. I am entering this phase of life called being a adult. I have been an adult since I was the age of 18. I left home and went to a college out of state and working on my bachelor's degree. When I was doing that, I still felt like a teenage in a lot of ways. I was in this awkward in between stage between an adult and teenager. It is called the emerging adult. We don't know what to call ourselves, so we created this name for our generation and the way we view ourselves. Now as I enter my graduate program, I am realizing that this is the start of a new journey. It is a professional journey. It is a journey that leads to a actual career job. The kind of job that you have your butt off because you went to school and read lots of textbooks and did lots of internships. This is ...

I had a major reality check today. I have just been enjoying my summer lately. I went to Tahoe and I just felt so relaxed and calm there. The water was absolutely beautiful. I had one of those moments where I had a silent prayer because I was so grateful that I was in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Then I went to work today, which means the end of summer. I am working for two weeks and then I resign to start my MSW program. Everyone at work today kept asking me about my program. I was excited to talk about it, but then I came home. I had a realization that my life was changing. I am doing a masters program. This is a big deal. This a big investment. I am investing my life, money, and time for two years. After this thought came into my mind, I have had butterflies in my stomach all day. They are not the beautiful kind of butterflies. They are the anxious ones. The butterflies that are annoying because my insides are going crazy. Reality is hitting me right now and I don...