Dream big, Darling.

Too many times this year has tested my patience. Too many times this year has tested my mental state and my self-worth. Too many times this year has tested just how strong-willed and strong-hearted I need to be the older I get. But here I am, at the end of this challenging time. It wasn’t that life didn’t go the way I wanted or life wasn’t as beautiful as I hoped for but that everything was so damn trying. Trying to save face when someone so close to home landed in the hospital. Trying to make it yet through another day of work unscathed either physically or mentally. Trying to put myself out there in a way I have yet to. For all the trying I’ve done, I became too tired to see my someone’s health went back to normal, surviving the kind of job I’m in is a rewarding accomplishment within itself, & that dating seemed to have slightly made an appearance. This was the year where my personal focuses took a screeching halt. The distractions of all of these three things threw off my focus on wanting to travel, getting in shape, and figuring out what I want to do with my life. This year left me emotionally drained from holding myself together from all the drama that shadowed almost every step I made since January. Now I’m here. It’s December and I am three days away from the New Year. I’m not here to complain about my experiences in 2014, but I’m here to remind myself to get back on track and let next year be for me. Do whatever you can to make the upcoming year yours because there’s no time to waste. It’s the year I turn a quarter century old & if you ask me, I’d like to have better experiences to show for it. I want to show up to my 25th and say, “You experienced as much as you could. Now keep going and experience the rest!”

You don't come across as many good covers these days. But some how.. Taylor Swift does.

John Lenon

24 on 24 🙌 #goldenyear #thankfulandblessed #garfieldpark

Here's to Monday's dance class. &Something to cross off my bucket list: Take class with your favorite choreographer.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green