"No girl likes to start over with a new guy. Getting to know a guy all over again. Learning how to feel comfortable with a guy all over again. Giving herself mind, body, and soul to a guy again. Going through that awkward phase of being body shy around a guy again. Sharing her secrets and spilling out her thoughts and emotions to a guy again. Meeting a new guy's family and getting to know them all over again. Have a new guy meet her parents hoping they'll be accepting all over again. Opening up and letting a new guy see the real side of her all over again. Fight through her trust issues and place her trust in another man again. Work on her insecurities so they won't push a guy away all over again. Give her heart to another guy and learn to love someone new all over again. That's why girls love to stick with the guys they're already with, no matter how bad it is, because it's the guys they've been through all that with already." — Mac Miller, Facebook

For many girls, this quote couldn't be truer. It is difficult to start all over again, going through each new step to form a relationship, however, you may be thankful that you did. It may be easier to go back to who hurt us or people or situations that are familiar, but we won't ever move on and be happy if we keep rereading the same chapters in our lives.

As much as I haven't wanted to believe "everything happens for a reason," everything does happen for a reason, even if it took awhile to see that reason. Although starting over can cause a wave of anxiety or fear, it can be renewing and refreshing, and maybe even rewarding. People and situations change throughout our lives causing shifts in our everyday norms.

"You scare me,” she whispers into his sleeping chest. It was strange that this unexpected man was unlocking all the emotions she swore she’d never open again. “You might just be the one that makes everything ok, someone that might not leave when things get too hard. Someone that makes me truly happy. So for someone who’s been plagued with darkness for so long that she sees it as a fond friend, it’s terrifying that you’re going to pull me into the light.”
His reply was steady breathing and to shift in his sleep, squeezing her a little closer to his chest. — Excerpt from the book I’ll never write // while he was sleeping Tumblr post

Have you ever been at a point in your life where you thought you knew exactly what you wanted, and could plan out every last detail for the rest of your life? Have you ever been at a point in your life where you didn't think anything would go right? Let's say something changed, your plans may have suddenly taken a roller coaster ride or maybe things started to look up.

A year ago today, I was well into a long-term relationship, no job, and a pre-med major with not a lot of friends. Fast forwarding to today, I am single, happy, have a job, am a pre-law major, and have the best group of friends I could ask for. The transitions with these changes weren't always what I wanted or easy. I went through a rough time after the break-up, feeling alone, but from that, I have made so many life-long friends, and I couldn't be more thankful for them. Switching majors was also hard, going from pursuing what I thought was my dream job to realizing a new career path that I had a lot of interest in.

"For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Don't be afraid to start again; you never know what could come from it.