New Year, New Me, New Blog. Pretty cliche, right? But, let's be honest, it's kinda true.
Happy 2014, party people! There's nothing quite like the start of a brand new year to make you feel like there is no better time than the present to "start over." Whether you are the notorious New Year's dieter, the vower to spend more time with the fam and less on technology, or even one of those individuals who are determined that 2014 is going to be "their year," whatever that actually means, it is, regardless, a new beginning of sorts.
As I laid in my room at my parent's new house on the morning of January 1st, surprisingly only slightly hungover from the previous night's exciting festivities, I decided to do a little bit of soul searching. Why? Because, well, I was still pretty tired and didn't feel like making any moves out of my bed and I actually DID have some things I needed to think about. A lot had already changed in my life and there were even more changes about to take place in 2014.
For one, I was no longer in a relationship. That meaning, I am basically free to do what I want. Weird since I spent every waking moment with another person last semester. But something about it was strangely yet awesomely invigorating and I am beyond excited to spend my last college experiences with my best friends who are seriously the most fabulous people in the history of the universe but more about them later.
More importantly, I am going to be graduating college in just four short months. I repeat, FOUR MONTHS. How is one supposed to get their entire life figured out in that short amount of time? I wish there was a simple and straightforward answer. I also know that I am most definitely not alone. There are so many others having this same "what I am even doing with my life" anxiety. To those people who do, in fact, have everything figured out, well hooray for you, do you want a medal or something? No, I'm totally kidding and I'm quite jealous. Once upon a time, I was one of those young people who thought they knew everything and that there was no doubt in their mind about the path their life was going to follow. But, alas, I'm having one of those things people refer to as a quarter life crisis. There really is some sort of semi-condescending phrase for everything these days, isn't there? So you might be wondering what I used to think I wanted to do with my life versus what I think I might want to do now. Or, you might not be wondering at all and in that case, read no further my friend.
Let's flashback for a moment to the glorious year of 2010 (aka the year I graduated high school). To those people who say they hated high school, I feel terribly sorry for you because I absolutely loved it. Not that I loved it more than college, but just in a different way, if that makes sense. Anyway, I left my good ole alma mater and entered the great big world of a southern, football-loving, "I bleed my school colors" type of university. I was a Biological Sciences major at the time, thinking I was going to follow my life-long dream of becoming an orthodontist. Teeth are the first thing I notice on a person and there is nothing I love more than seeing a mouth full of straight pearly whites. I wanted to help spread beautiful smiles. After one semester, I decided I hated everything to do with science and if I ever had to take another biology course in my life it would be entirely too soon. Que: quarter life crisis number one. I had to quickly reevaluate all of my hobbies and interests in order to figure out what I did want to major in. I decided on Political Science because I have always kept up with politics, I love to debate, and I am firmly rooted in my opinions. So, why not become a lawyer and argue for a living? Sounds logical enough. The past three years I have spent my time working on political campaigns, interning for a Congressman, and working on a book one of my professors was writing (I'm kind of published, so that's pretty cool if I do say so myself). I have loved every single second of it. However, after taking the LSAT and visiting various law schools, I am not entirely sure that is what I want to do after all.
I started thinking about what exactly I do love to do and the answer was somewhat unexpected and I even managed to surprise myself.
I really love clothes. And shoes. And purses. And jewelry. And not the items themselves per se, but putting them all together to create different looks and styles and being trendy and classic and everything all at the same time. That is really what I love. You can ask my friends, I style them on a regular basis. I'm pretty sure my closet rotates through my friend group daily. Whether it's what to wear to an important job interview, a first date, a wedding, or just a casual night downtown, I've got an outfit for you. I mean, I was voted "Best Dressed" in high school and that was a proud moment for me. Now I've just got to figure out how to translate that passion into a career. At the current moment, I'm unsure, but everything will work out in the long run, right? And if not, there's always plenty of room in my parent's beautiful new home until I do get it all figured out and hey, who doesn't love Charleston, SC and being five miles from the beach?
Cheers to 2014 and to you just doin' you this year,
XOXO
Lex
[ Song of the post: "Pumpin Blood" by NONONO ]
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