birthday post

so I turned twenty-five today. I am seriously blessed with the best when it comes to friends! they know me all too well that I'd rather have a Beyoncé cake than anything with happy birthday, & I love it. when I was little, it felt weird on my birthday because I never felt any older or different. I always wondered what it would be like to actually FEEL a different age, and today I know. twenty-five sounds ancient to junior high kids. to people in college it sounds like you have your life together. to people around my age, it is a fun, maturing year. to those older than me, it sounds young & like I've got my whole life ahead of me. I can officially say that I feel all of those things at once, and it's just strange. the name behind this blog is based off of the goals I made for "before twenty-five". my goals were: 1. become more flexible (specifically do the splits), 2. read a book per month, & 3. become more spontaneous. honestly, the one I did the best in was becoming more spontaneous & I have my incredible friends to thank for that! the splits haven't happened... YET, but you better believe I'll get those down soon **I'm soooo close** reading a book per month did not happen, but I'm going to blame that one on studying for the LSAT.

I enjoyed twenty-four, and I believe a huge part of that was figuring out what my goals for the year were. so, I will be doing that again. since I will begin law school this August, these goals are going to be less academic & more all-around health based. here they go: 1. run two half-marathons (first one is 8/29 in Virginia Beach), 2. standing splits & king cobra backbend, 3. take a full day once per month to breath & not think about school, 4. take an overnight trip alone, & 5. wear high heels & dress nice whenever I feel like it. here's to another year of growing & living life to the fullest!!