Twenty One

Yup, that's right. I am 21 years old. I would be lying if I said I was actually happy to be 21. I remember my 16th birthday wishing I was older. Wishing that time would go by faster so I could finally live on my own and be my own individual person without the chains of my parents holding me down. And now I'm facing the year that I wanted to come so badly, and you know what? I wish I was 16 again. Being faced with the challenges I have to overcome today is not as fun as deciding what to wear in the morning to impress that senior boy I had a crush on. There are so many different life altering choices that I will soon have to make that it really scares me. Time really goes by too fast, and I wish that when I heard people say this when I was younger, I would have listened. Because it's true. Time goes by way too fast, and you cannot ask for it to be paused, or stopped. You just have to go with the flow and try to remember to take deep breaths. I am no expert on growing up, because I know I still have a lot of growing up to do. People always ask what would you tell your 16 year old self now, if you could? And all I can think of is time goes by way too fast, so be thankful for the time you're living. I do not want to waste any of the precious time I have. I am young still, but in a way, I am getting older every second of the day. Obstacles that I overcome and decisions that I make really improve my ability to appreciate life and every blessing I have. I want to inspire, and I want to teach. I want to give younger girls, and girls my own age, maybe even older, something to be happy about. Because there is no one else on this planet who is you. You are it. You're the one person who can change a life, your own life. So breath deep, and buckle up, because time goes by so fast, that in a blink of an eye, you'll go from being 16 years old wishing you were 21 to 21 years old wishing you were 16.