It’s Never To Late

I’m 28. I’ve been 28 for 5 days. I’m 28. For the past few days I’ve been asking myself what did I do with my time, where did it go? Who am I? What have I become? Have I accomplished anything I’ve wanted to do? In high school everyone asks, “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” . My answer was the same every time because I KNEW what I wanted to be and who I was.

I’ll have at least 3 kids. Have my Master’s in Education (possibly Special Education). Be a 2nd grade teacher. Be married. 28 will be the best year of my life.

So far, I’m married. I’ve been married for 5 years. Married to the most wonderful man I could every have the opportunity to be married to, and that’s it. I started to get a little down, a little depressed, a little ‘my life isn’t what it’s supposed to be’. I didn’t finish school. I don’t have children (yet), and other things that I thought I would be I’m not. Then I took a good hard look at myself and realized that although I’m not what I wanted to be, or what I thought I would be - I am me. People know what I like, they know who I am. I realized I would be turning 28 soon, and everyone says it’s their magical year - at first I thought it wouldn’t be mine - because I’m not where I wanted to be when I hit 28. Then after talking with a good friend I realized - I can make my 28 the best year I’ve ever had. And that means stepping up and taking control of my life and becoming what I thought I would be and who I want to be.
So instead of New Year’s, I’m using my birthday calendar year. I will become stronger and better. I will become more dedicated to bettering myself, more dedicated to the church, more dedicated to being a wife (I’m still figuring that out) - it doesn’t help that we’ve only lived together about 25 months out of 5 years. It’s never too late - even though I feel like I ‘wasted’ the past 10 years - I have learned lessons, I have grown, and I have become more me. Now it’s time to let the inner me shine through - be strong and stop letting my life pass me by. Here’s to my 28th year, a year of changes and a year of growth. Everyday will be better than the one before it, and I choose to make it that way.
Enjoy everyday to it’s fullest, and push yourself to be the strongest and best possible version of you that you can be.

When people try to excuse themselves by saying, “That’s just the way I am,” I say, “That’s not who you are. That’s what you have chosen to be. What do you believe you could become?” With the power of the Holy Ghost, you can become whatever you want that is good and right in God’s sight. We can become what we should become. It’s about enduring. It’s about deciding what you want to be and working for it. -Don Clarke