Happy Birthday To Me! 10 Thoughts On Turning 25

Happy Monday and greetings from self quarantine. But in more exciting news – tomorrow is my birthday!

This will probably be one of the weirdest birthdays of my life. Not being able to spend it with my family and stuck inside with Mitch. However my friends threw me the greatest COVID-19 surprise birthday party (less than 10 people so we were good!) a few weeks ago with cookie cake, balloons, and everything rose gold. I was totally caught off guard, but it was so sweet of them to make me feel special during this hard time.

I have never had more mixed emotions about a birthday in my entire life. Maybe it’s the fact that 25 makes me a quarter of a century old and that I am no longer counted as being in my “early twenties”. Maybe it’s that I am getting kicked off my parents’ insurance in less than a year or maybe it’s even the fact that I will be married in less than 7 months.

I remember talking to my mom and saying how 25 was going to be the best year yet. There are so many exciting things to look forward to this year! Since then, I have kept this mind set all year long, leading up to this birthday, literally until like two days ago. Out of no where, I got scared. I got scared because I realized that 25 is when things start to change. 

As strange as I feel about this birthday, I can’t help but look back at my past birthdays and be proud of the person I have turned out to be today. That I have made it perfectly fine through all of my past mile stones, and that this one really will be one of the best yet. So in honor of all of that, I am going to share 10 things that give me comfort, about turning 25.

1. I am more sure of myself and who I am right now, than I ever have been in my life.
2. I feel the most grounded in my relationship with Mitch than I think we have ever been – maybe it is all the quality time spent together, but whatever it is, it’s working.
3. The friends that are in my life are here for a reason, and the ones that are not, are not  in my life for a reason as well. 
4. I finally do not have a problem saying “no”.  Well, kind of, this one is a work in progress. 
5. I will be marrying Mitch!!!
6. At 24 I took a leap of faith and started this blog. Who knows what I will do at 25.
7. I am hoping my style really defines itself this year and I can really weed out and pinpoint my everyday style. A mix of trendy, feminine and fun! I am ready to get out and wear all my new spring clothes!
8. I’m praying that I will finally start to feel like an adult. Whatever that’s supposed to feel like -lol.  
9. As bummed as I am about not being in my early 20’s, now that I am 25, I really hope I will start getting taken more seriously. There is nothing worse that someone in their thirties asking you your age, then looking at you like your an infant once you’ve told them.
10. I have a lifetime of milestones to look forward too. That in the long scheme of life, 25 is a teeny-tiny hump that I will surpass and flourish from like I have the rest.

So here’s to a happy and healthy year!