Hello, 2014! You're looking awesome!

It’s 2014 and I am so excited for this year. I don’t know what is going to happen, nor do I want to. I just hope that some of the things I want to do work out, and I want to be able to enjoy every minute I can.

 

I was sitting at work yesterday, and all of a sudden, I was shocked. Shocked by how old I truly am. I kept thinking, “Am I really only 27?! That can’t be right…” and I started counting up the years, and yep, it’s true. I am a mere 27 year old.

I don’t feel 27, which is the confusing part. Maybe it’s because I’ve finished school and thankfully landed a full-time permanent position a short 6 months after I graduated with my M.A. Or maybe it’s because I have a partner that I enjoy so much it makes my heart so full I feel like it is going to explode. Or maybe it is because I am an old soul, who has lived many lives and lifetimes and it’s finally catching up with me.

January 10^th, my partner and I will be “celebrating” our three year anniversary. THREE YEARS! I use quotation marks around celebrating, because we don’t really celebrate. I usually give him a goofy card and just load him up with hugs and kisses and thank yous, and how thankful I am for him. It’s the longest relationship I’ve ever had, and most definitely the healthiest. But what’s so interesting to me, and I am sure other people would agree, is that it doesn’t seem like three years. In both ways—of I can’t believe how short of amount of time that is, and because I feel like we’ve been together for forever. None of this, of course in a bad way, but I feel like it’s been so much longer than it actually is.

I knew from the very first day I met my partner, in this life, that I had met him numerous times in past lives. We automatically clicked, and were drawn to each other. My partner is Mr. Obscure (that’s what I call him sometimes), because he can be quite challenging to get to know. It’s that Scorpio inside him. But for some reason, it didn’t seem to take too much to get to know him, because we had met before.

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, as I try and do my best every day of the year, but I do hope I can spend more time writing, living, loving, and being thankful. Sometimes I get greedy—we all can—and I have to remember that I am only 27 years old and have accomplished so much. And I need to realize that things take time, and that I shouldn’t rush. I am going to try and live more in the moment and be thankful of what’s in that moment, since you never know when you stop getting moments.

I hope everyone had a happy holiday season and are doing what you love, or at least trying to get there.