As I Am

Life is all about self discovery. As people, we're constantly growing and changing, trying to adapt to the world that we live in and make the best of every situation. I am by no means an expert at growing up, but I think part of the "growing up" process is learning how to be comfortable in your own skin, to accept who you are. I've learned a lot of lessons from my mom, but one of the best is that no matter what you do, be comfortable with who you are. OWN IT! because you are the one that you have to live with the rest of your life. You have to live with the choices you make and how those influence your life. If you're not happy with your life, how can you possibly begin to live the life that you dream about? Who cares about what the rest of the world thinks or what is "socially acceptable"? All that should matter is you! What you feel comfortable with, what you want to do, how you want to live. My entire life has been about pleasing everyone around me and living up to their standards that they set for me. I finally realized that I shouldn't be living like that, that if I can't be happy with me, how am I gonna be able to even begin to make those around me happy?

I've taken up a new motto, or anthem, over these last few months. I've finally come to realize that I can't change who I am, the things I like, anything about my personality, it's kinda stuck. So, my new motto? "If you don't like it, there's the door, you can keep walking because who I am isn't gonna change and if you don't like who I am, I don't need you in my life."

I'm realizing more everyday just how awesome of a person I am and how all my quirks and the odd things about me make me even more unique. There isn't another me out there anywhere, so I have to be the best me I can be. I was born with a purpose. I don't completely know what that purpose was, but everyday I'm one step closer to finding out what it is. When I come to the end, I want to look back and say that I wouldn't change a thing. A life full of regrets is not something I want.

So, here's to living life. No looking back.



<3 Jen