Persevering Paige

I am a big believer in the practice of reflection. As my birthday approaches, I have reflected on my past year, and the experience of being 22. I have never experienced a year so vastly wild as this one. At 22 I experienced being on top of the world, and feeling devastation at the very bottom of it. I have never experienced such extremes in the course of a single year. This year, as wild as it was, has taught me so much about life, love, truth, and myself. I have yet to learn so much in a year as I did in this one. I experienced being truly heartbroken in the worst way after giving someone only my best for 7 years, but saw myself graduate community college, transfer to Shenandoah University ending my first semester with a 3.940 GPA, and find happiness again. I saw in myself for the first time just how capable I am. I learned to love myself for the first time in forever, which is incredibly freeing. I guess when Taylor Swift wrote “22” she knew what she meant when she said, “It’s miserable and magical, oh yeah”. I am ready for 23. I have a feeling it will be everything I need and more.