Hope everyone is having a great week!
As promised, here is the second half of my "lessons, thoughts, changes, obsessions from over the past year" list!
12) Americans can really hold a grudge: Everyday I spend hours reading cases about the crazy things that happen to people- slipping on banana peels, getting hit with a golf club, getting scammed out of $....the list is endless. While some of these cases are truly injustices that deserve a legal remedy, a lot of the time I just shake my head thinking that the world would be a much better place if people could just forgive and forget. Granted I wouldn't have a job if this were to happen, but who likes lawyers anyway (; For example, when your 5 year old nephew plays a prank and pulls the chair out from under you, can't we just give him a little slap on the wrist and call it day rather than take him to court for negligence? Is that really necessary??
13) Thank you Iphone! In January I got my very first smart phone (iphone) and literally cannot imagine my life without it ever again. I know I know.... this is really sad, but having access to maps and the internet has literally saved me more times that I can count.
| So this is what I actually do on my iphone all day... |
14) Youtube=Obsession . What did people do in their free time before youtube because I honestly can't remember (: I mean I clearly love it for accessing the viral funny videos but youtube has become so much more for me. I regularly use it for catching up on the news/listening to music/watching documentaries/getting fashion and makeup suggestions... For the band dance last February I even hemmed a whole dress by watching a stitching tutorial! It has absolutely changed the way I obtain and learn new information. Here is a new silly favorite I have seen being passed around on facebook this week. Should a little girl be singing this? NO Do I still watch it? YES
15) I <3 D.C.- While I have always thought that I preferred smaller cities and suburbs to major cities like New York or LA but I have absolutely fallen in love with living in D.C. There is so much to do here that you could probably live here for years without doing half of them. I definitely miss how at home and college I would walk down the street and recognize at least 1 friendly face, but I think living in a city has made me appreciate how I am just one tiny part of an extremely large and complex world. There are billions of people each with a different story to tell and in city you have access to explore a bigger and more diverse cross section of that.
| I see this beauty every time I step outside my apartment building- so cool! |
16) Parents are cool people too. I've always had a pretty good relationship with my parents but I think college and especially this past year have shown me that my parents can be great friends too. While kids don't like to admit it, our parents went through a lot of the same things and felt a lot of the same feelings when they were our age, and having lived through that, they definitely have advice to give. I am so grateful to my parents for their openness with me and am glad that I've gotten over the immature teenage phase of thinking my parents have no idea what their talking about (:
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| With Mom & Dad on graduation day |
17) People my age are getting married and having babies- and I'm kind of freaked out. To those who fall into either of these 2 categories, I am so incredibly happy for you and partially jealous. I especially admire you because it think it takes a lot of courage and maturity to take that step- I freak out simply because I don't think it is something I could handle just yet.
18) 2011 Shopping Obsession- Loft. I do not want to even try and guess how much $ I have spent here this year.
| Love simple and elegant pieces like this! |
19) I have connections!- In my first adult years I've been so pleasantly surprised to realize that I KNOW people! As I start thinking about my future career aspirations I'm realizing more and more that I have contacts and people that I can call to get referred to other places. This is such an empowering realization- I'm not alone and there are people out there who would be willing to help me (I hope). Yay!
20) We Can't Connect the Dots Forward- I should be honest that I just learned about this mantra yesterday as I was reading about the passing of Steve Jobs but I think it is epic enough for a blog mention. In his commencement address to Stanford grads in 2005, Jobs pointed out that people frequently want to try and reason through the difficult and complex things that happen in their lives. However, Jobs stresses, there is no way for us to understand the significance or meaning of things that are happening to us in the present. We just have to realize that we can only connect the dots backwards- that we are not going to understand now how something will benefit or hurt us in the future. Its not even funny how much his message is applicable to my life right now.
21) (Cue the Titanic Music) Your Heart Will Go On... Over the last few years I've had some pretty big heart breaks. I broke up with my first serious boyfriend who I had dated for several years and then a year later had to leave behind my home and friends back at Notre Dame. In both cases I really felt like the best years of my life had ended and I was never going to find anything as special ever again. But of course, as everyone told me, my life did not get worse and in fact has in so many ways only gotten better. I love law school and living in D.C. and I have met a wonderful guy who makes me very happy.
22) I feel very loved. On my birthday this year I received so many kind messages, calls and cards. I can't not express how much those gestures meant to me and feel so lucky to be connected with so many amazing and loving people. Birthdays are definitely a special reminder of how God has blessed us with a network of loving and beautiful people.
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| I love waking up and seeing these cards- thank you to everyone for your kind messages!!! |
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