Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The big 3-1

An new day, a new year.

I hope to write about my past year when I have a little more time (yes, I know, don't hold your breath), but for now let me tell you just how happy I am to welcome in January 2013! This month brings the first of many adventures awaiting me this year, specifically with student teaching. But more importantly, it's my birth month!

And as a member of a singles ward of my church, now is the time I "transition" out of going to church with other young single people, and start going with the rest of the members in a family ward. I will no longer be considered a "young single adult," I'll be just a "single adult." Automatically old at 31. (Mind you, this won't officially happen till I graduate in a few months, it still has me thinking...)

For many, this is a difficult time as you try to find your place among the happy families and older couples while reconciling the solitude of your situation. It can feel like you've been labeled or are now officially "old." But you know what? I'm not even worried!

If I learned anything from 2012, I learned that age is relative, and I am truly the designer of my own happiness. As long as I do all the things I need to to take care of myself physically, spiritually, and emotionally, I surround myself with good people, and keep busy progressing towards worthwhile goals, I am happy! And quite frankly, I feel young, alive and fabulous!!
So in honor of this lovely milestone in my chronological existence, I've decided to give myself a gift every day of January 2013. Mind you, since I am still a broke student, most of these gifts will be experiences or other non-tangible gifts. I'll have to get creative!

I figure that the best gift I can give myself, and the world for that matter is to become the happiest, healthiest person I can be, and then to share my many blessings with everyone I meet. And I know that happiness begins one day at a time. I have a filled a lifetime with good and not-so-great days, and now it is time to take control and make each day happy in celebration of the wonderful gift of life I have been given.

31 days for 31 years. Nice, huh? :)