Every time I start to get antsy, watch too many episodes of Sex and the City that have me dreaming of moving to New York, read a blog about someone who whisked themselves off to Amsterdam for the journey of a lifetime, or get caught up in looking at too many travel pictures on Pinterest, I start to hear voices. One of them says "Don't worry, Caitlin. Your time will come. Slooow down and enjoy what you have right now!" But the other voice says "What are you waiting for?! Life is short! No day but today! Make decisions! Figure it out! Do something!"
I think to myself that I wish these voices could sit down over a cup o joe, talk to each other and work all of this out. But then I remember that's called schizophrenia.
In the end, I think the best thing I (or anyone else who feels the same way) can do is to look at my current life (as mundane as it may seems sometimes) as an adventure. For now, there is so much of Houston that I have not yet explored (which I intend to as soon as I get more than half a day off at work) and being away from college and my friends makes me miss and appreciate it so much more. A constant trend I notice in my life is looking back at things and not appreciating every second nearly enough. I wish I could go back and absorb every moment that I was in London my senior year, every night when I was living in Chicago, and every afternoon after school on the steps of Baltimore School for the Arts. I don't want to wish my life away.
"Make the best of it." That's the voice that is winning the argument, this time.
See you again soon,
C
love this post so much!
ReplyDeleteI love this post. I struggle with that too. But the "make the best of it"? I love that attitude and need to adopt it! Thank you for posting this. 8)
ReplyDeleteYou could not have described where I am at right now in my life more perfectly! This is exactly the philosophy I've taken for this year. It's nice to know someone else is in the same boat!
ReplyDeleteAmazing post, and awesome pictures :)
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