With a new year approaching, I’ve decided to write this article as a means of seeing where I now am in life and how I have grown. Every year brings changes, good and bad, but this year may have been filled with the most ups and downs to date.
This year, I fell in and out of love. I experienced the ending and beginning to chapters in my life. I left some friendships in the past and started new ones. I traveled to different countries but also moved away from home.
2017, you were a whirlwind of emotions and experiences. To start off, thank you for helping me find myself and guiding the people I have met into my life. I’m so happy to have made the memories I did.
It all started off great. A new year was starting so of course I was thinking “new year, new me.” Little did I know what would happen half way through. I was almost done with high school and about to embark on a new journey down at Texas A&M.
The second half of senior year flew by. Next thing I knew it was spring break and I was in Ohio and Canada with family. Then I blinked and I was graduating, registering for fall classes, going on vacation to the Frio River and Costa Rica, and then moving in to college.
This is when things really changed. I found who I really was. I made the best of friends with my roommates. I really grew, I changed so many things in my life and decided to branch out. I wouldn’t let anything hold me back.
Now with the year ending, I see how much I grew physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I found great friends. Ones who loved me for me, made my relationship with God stronger, and helped me find myself. I found amazing organizations and ministries that made me realize the person that God made me to be.
Honestly, I couldn’t have done any of this growing if I hadn’t chosen to go to Texas A&M. It really is true, your decisions have an effect on the rest of your life, especially in just one year. Had I decided to not attend Texas A&M, I would have never experienced the things I have to the degree that I did.
Looking back, I am incredibly satisfied with the year that I had and am ready to close that chapter and look forward to this new year. 2018, I’m ready for ya!
