: first days of school
: high school projects
: being small enough to do this
: the innocence of childhood
: the cuteness of baby Kristen
It's easy to look back and wish things remained the way they were. I think about being a kid and worrying about nothing but taking care of my fish and eating popsicles in the bathtub and getting lots of presents for Christmas. I think about high school and the great group of friends I had and the homework that was nothing compared to college. Then I think about my college life and the freedom that came with it, the independence and being surrounded with people my own age that were working towards the same goal as me. It's easy to miss all of that stuff.
Yet now, as I've been graduated for two years and have been in the "working world," trying to figure out what my life should/will look like, I wonder what good parts of my life I'm missing by spending too much time in the past. Right now, it's easy to get caught up in all the responsibilities and bills that I have, or my challenging job, or the fact that I STILL don't have bedroom furniture even though we moved here three months ago! But I don't want to reach my thirties and only then realize the happy, memorable, challenging but stretching moments I had in my twenties. I want to cut the cycle. I don't want to miss out on what's happening now because I'm too caught up in what used to be.
Every day is a blessing.
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