quick update

From October 10th, 2021 On November 5th

** I meant to upload this a month ago but totally forgot and still liked it so figured I’d upload it anyway! :))

I use exclamation points way too often. It’s become something that’s painfully obvious to me in the past few weeks, but I can’t help it! I just read my last ‘quick update’ from January and just about every sentence ends in a ‘!’.

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, hi! How are you? I can’t believe it’s October already. I’m so completely biased, but October is the best month of the year. Fall is my favorite season, and if there is a month that encompasses fall I strongly believe it’s October. (My birthday is also on the 15th, and I’m one of those people who still gets uber excited to turn a year older; let’s pretend that isn’t the reason I’m obsessed with this month.) Anyway… onto the update part of this post.

Wow, life is crazy right now. I graduated, started a full-time internship, moved back to Houston, started a full-time job, and am preparing for a move in the next few months. I am beyond grateful and feel so blessed to say all of those things. When people asked the ‘what’s next’ question while I was in college, it was hard not to feel the pressure to not disappoint, not only them but myself.

The older I get, the more I want to do and that harder it seems to pinpoint what’s realistic. One of my biggest dreams in life is to move to a big city on my own. The entire last semester of senior year I was convinced it was New York, a city I love dearly. (p.s. sorry if you were one of the people who heard about it every day lol.) Settling into a new city and creating a life seemed like a dream that was far away…but now it’s not.

California. Los Angeles!! California!!! Los Angeles is what’s next for me! Isn’t that exciting?! I know I’m excited. One of the quickly listed updates above mentioned was that I got a full-time job, so let me share the details! After graduation, I started interning at an advertising agency based in CA, and last week I started a full-time job at that company. This means that I get to move to California in the next few months and I could not be more excited. Not to mention – I love my company and the role I recently started! I could not be more thankful to have ended up working for a company I truly enjoy so much.

Am I terrified to move to one of the most populated areas in the States? Completely. I’m scared I’m going to get over there, completely hate it, fail and move back to Houston. BUT the chance of falling in love with this new chapter and thriving is so exciting to me that I’m going to do it anyway!! Plus, what better time to fail/thrive than in your twenties?

Life transitions are hard. Moving back from the perfect college community I worked so hard to build for four years was, no is, hard. Graduating is hard, but it’s finally getting better. There’s something for me to look forward to and if you’re in a hard time, I’m praying for you, but want to let you know that at some point it will get better!

That’s it for now. I hope this update made sense and didn’t make your brain hurt trying to read it! It made my head hurt a little trying to write it in a cohesive way so SOS!! Just want to add that I’m so thankful for Jesus and the blessings He’s given me in this chapter of life. Can’t wait to see what waits in Cali :,)

**back to November** Just wanted to throw in that I went to California last week and found an apartment!! I can not believe this is real! By the end of the year, I will be living in Cali.

Until the next update,