17th Birthday Reflection
Hello everyone!! On my 17th birthday, September 7, I decided to write a reflection of the past year. I felt like all my thoughts were running crazy through my head, so I wanted to write them down. I encourage you to write a reflection whenever you feel like your thoughts are all over the place, if you are feeling bad about yourself, or if you are feeling good about yourself. My reflection made everything feel clearer and made me even happier.
I wrote a few personal thoughts, but I have decided I want to share them nonetheless. Reflections are not supposed to be beautifully written or full of perfect grammar. They are just thoughts written down and that is what I want to share with you all. I took out a few things such as fun goals and projects that I want to do, but besides that, this is what I wrote.
And… another year around the sun!! I wanted to write this just to remind myself of what was going on today and also just to put my thoughts down on paper. I cannot express how happy I am to be who I am. I am unapologetically myself, always a leader and never a follower. I do what I want and I don’t take anyones sh*t. I continue to make everyday the best day ever and with a smile and some laughs, anything is possible. I am so excited to see where this year takes me, who I meet, and where I go. I hope I continue to learn and grow not only in the sense of the world and school, but also in the sense of myself. I have so much more I want to work on in terms of me, although I have made so so much progress and I’m so happy about it. This year I want to continue to work on calming myself down, lowering my anxiety, and working to decrease my perfectionism. NO ONE IS PERFECT!!!!! Also, everything happens for a reason, and there is always a lesson to learn. A situation can always be made positive and there is no reason to be mad or in a funk because that will not change the outcome it will just make things more miserable.
I am so happy that I have the best relationship ever with my family because they mean the absolute world to me. I am so glad that I get to call these amazing people my best friends and my family. I hope to visit Betsy just by myself and go hang w her, but no matter what I will stick w my fam through it all.
Although my life has gone through some friendship rough patches, I really like the girls I have met this year. I hope to get closer and hang out more with them, and get out of my comfort zone. I also need to realize that friends don’t have to be the people who go to your school or are close to you proximity-wise. I am so thankful to have met Annie and I hope that we can visit each other and continue to be besties.
As far as school goes, I hope to keep my same fabulous, positive attitude and keep up the good work. I am absolutely slaying the game and loving every second of it. I know I am going to kill my ACT whenever I take it and just absolutely kick ass.
I am doing so well w tennis, boxing, yoga, etc. and I want to keep doing all these sports and keep up the variety in a fun yet intense way. I love how much joy each of these things brings me.
I could go on and on, but the main gist is that I am so proud of myself and that is all that matters. I am extremely impressed with my life and myself and I AM KILLING IT. LET’S MAKE THIS YEAR AMAZING.