Growing up, I was quite the dreamer, I would imagine my life as a kid and tell myself that no matter what happens I am going to live a long, full, and happy life. I am 20 years old, but I have experienced a lot in my 20 years of life. I have been kicked down and picked back up over and over. I have been confused about what I want to be or who I want to be, I have questioned my whole life at times. I have had days when I thought that I wasn’t going to make it to see the next, and sure enough, I did. But guess what? THAT IS OKAY!! I might not know exactly where or who I want to be right now, but I do know that I am alive and healthy and that is all that truly matters.
Now you’re probably thinking, “Okay girly, what is your point?” My point is that life can be hard and cruel and feel like it has genuinely no meaning at times but that’s not true. All we have in this life is each other and the moments that we create. I am here to tell you a list of some of the best things in life, that make your life feel worth living another day, and before I get started trust me I know that life is not always sunshine and rainbows. I also know that sometimes the things on this list, might not seem like they will help, but just take my word for it just this once.
- The smell of the fresh morning air.
- FAMILY
- Road trips with your best friends
- Listening to your favorite songs (on repeat)
- being in love. I know, this isn’t always the easiest one to achieve, but trust me, one day we will all fall deeply and madly in love whether it be with ourselves or with someone else.
- Trying new foods!!!
- Traveling to new places
- all the pretty spring flowers
- laughing so hard you cry or might even pee your pants
- going to the beach and feeling the sand in your toes
- Hearing a brand-new album by your favorite band for the first time!
- Eating a big bowl of ice cream from your favorite place
- Dancing in the rain
- The wind from a train as you stand on a bridge above it
- Sunrises and sunsets
- STARGAZING
- Watching the newest season of your favorite TV show (or even re-watching old ones)
- Playing with puppies
- Seeing your best friends succeed
That was a short list, but a list full of things that give your life so much joy and meaning. All these things will create tiny moments in your life that will eventually all come together to tell the story of your life.
These are pictures of some of my favorite moments that have happened in my life:
Being so small and feeling pure happiness because I found a baby bunny
Class wars with my best friends the night before homecoming
Preparing for graduation with the people I grew up with
Spending my best friends birthday on the lake
Dining hall adventures
Sorority bid day!
Ice skating with my people
Hangout Fest to kick of summer
Eating unhealthy food at midnight
Celebrating a sweet birthday
Celebrating Mardi Gras in NOLA
Photoshoots after night swimming
Now obviously, I have had a lot more happy moments and even more bad moments but I decided to share some of my favorite moments that I look back on and know that those were GOOD days. Not every day is going to be a good day or even a decent day, but with every bad day know that a good day to follow.
