So it officially has been a year since I made this blog… boy
has a lot changed! Even this blog! When all this started I had been inspired
with a new hobby and new outlook on life. It was a place where I can express
all the things I was learning about and discovering through my pictures to
turning into just being a blog to display my pictures. When I realized that I
had stopped writing “inspirational” posts I was worried that I was no longer
learning but really I just immersed myself in my new philosophy on life. It
truly became a way of living. And though my resolutions last year were innocent
and ambitious I want to rejoice in all the changes I have been through this
year and put more thought into my resolutions for 2014.
This is one of the few times I will be using pictures of
myself and my loved ones to take you through my journey of 2013.
1.
I started out my senior year feeling free;
living in a constant state of happiness and delusion… this went on pretty much
all senior year. Looking back I can see it’s solely because of these people.
Having a steady foundation of who I wanted to be and amazing friends to support
my every move.
2.
In addition, for the first time I felt like I
was a part of something important. Naturally, being one of the happiest people
I knew, I was on Varsity cheer. Where I found a whole new group of wonderful
friends and teammates. I would learn what real physical pain felt like, how
much frustration I could endure before I snapped, what literally having someone
else’s life in my hands would be like, and mostly what true accomplishment felt
like. Cheerleading was one of the greatest parts of senior year, regardless of
all the complaining that I may have taken part in.
3.
Being able to go to all three senior dances was
a blessing. You get to spend an entire night with some really amazing people
and even if only for a night you get to get all dolled up and have something to
look forward to, it’ll always be worth it.
4.
Though my group of friends always stayed the
same and I loved them all very dearly, I was lucky enough to get much closer to
a few old ones and make some new ones, and some particularly special ones at
that. I wont go into detail about the impacts they made on my life but I hope
they know I’ll appreciate them forever because of it.
5.
Then the most nerve racking yet exciting part of
senior year, figuring out where to go to college! Taking college essay classes,
receiving a thousand e-mails from colleges you’ve never ever heard of, sending
in your transcripts in before any sort of deadline, visiting potential
colleges, going to hundreds of seminars, getting your first rejection letter
and first acceptance letter, etc. Realizing this will be one of the first real
life decisions you’ll ever have to make. This was the most stressful part.
6.
But before going off to college I would first
have to graduate. Which I did very successfully! Senior year was absolutely the
greatest year thus far, and though I went through a spectrum of up and downs, once
the day was over I was happy to be able to say that Cherry Creek was one of the
greatest times of my life and I wouldn’t want to change it for anything.
7.
Briefly stepping out of my delusional state of
happiness and growing up/maturing a little, came summer where I spend most of
my time relaxing and coming full circle spending time at my neighborhood pool
with the people who’ve been by my side since I was four years old.
8.
I cant believe in 2013 I embarked on an entirely
new adventure where I would go to Santa Barbara, California for my freshman
year of college. Having the timing just right because I was finally ready to
get away, unknowing how frightening moving 16 hours away, not knowing anybody,
would really be. But I was fortunate enough to have amazing roommates and best
friends to go through the experience with me.
9.
Through every up and down I could possibly
conceive of, in the end, family is still all that matters. The ones you come
home to see on a random weekend because you missed them, the ones who you still
call for homework help, the ones who give you nonsensical advice and later
realize it was relevant, and the ones who in any given situation will love you
for everything you are.
2013 came with a whirl win of emotions as I continue to come
into my own self. I am happy. And I thank all of the people in my life who were
there for me through anything, made me smile the whole way though, and taught
me to be a better person.
(If you weren’t in any of the pictures or specifically written
about I’d like to also thank you because if you are reading this you’re
probably a dear friend to me, care enough about my life to read all of this, or
are extremely bored but are still supporting. Thank you again!)