Hey,

So...blogging. Haven't done this in a while.

Since the departure from my Xanga days, I didn't think I would ever feel the need to inform people about my daily life again. I tend to be a private person and the whole notion was just a bit too much in the spotlight for my taste. However, the idea of blogging has suddenly not been able to leave me alone.

The genesis of this blog basically came from the season of life I am finding myself in now.

I am in the midst of immense change and I feel there is a lot I do not know.

I am not who I was five years ago. I am no longer a bright-eyed undergraduate. I graduated from college in December 2012. Since then I had been working and applying to different graduate programs. With the new year I am now a graduate student at a new school in a new town finally pursing the field I am so passionate about. I am in an environment where nothing is familiar and I am starting over.

And something inside of me is screaming

WRITE.THIS.DOWN.

I feel like I am at the phase in my story where most TV sitcoms and movies end. The audience assumes they lived happily ever after but what happens after the credits roll is rarely ever seen. I am approaching my mid-twenties and many of those in my friend group are moving on and establishing lives of their own. Some are getting married. Some have gotten mortgages. Some are in their career of choice, and others are starting families of their own.

I'm not there yet; I've still got some traveling to do before I get there. And that's OK. In fact, I would daresay that it is good that I am where I am.

I don't know what's going to happen.

But whatever does I need to remember.

Maybe writing this blog will in someway provide a safe place for me. An outlet for my frustrations and fears and everything in between. In the midst of all this transition, it could be a place of stability.

So here's to 2014.  Here's hoping it's a fun ride :)