One week left in Chicago... cue freakout. Last night we had an amazing going away party at our place and my sticky beer-covered laptop is currently paying for it. I couldn't stop hugging everyone and felt so happy that I've met these incredible people who have seen and helped me grow into the adult I'm still becoming. I selfishly wish more of my life could be like that... that I could just carry my friends with me in my back pocket. Having so many in one room was amazing - if you were one of them, thanks for coming it meant the world! If not, you owe me a drink.
It's hard not knowing what this trip will be like and how it may change me and the direction I want to take my life. It's all very terrifying and exciting but there's a sense of comfort in knowing that while things will never be the same, I'll always be able to come back here. I just keep hearing that phrase in the back of my head - "the only constant is change." That's something I'm still figuring out how to accept and hope I can eventually embrace. I plan on spending this next week just enjoying the little things about my life here that have made me happy - my morning bus rides to work, barre classes with co-workers, girls nights with my college friends, couch sessions and long conversations with my roommates... I think it's important to recognize those little things and realize which ones make you happy. Then do more of them. I plan on spending a lot of time in the pursuit of happiness on this trip, I can only imagine how talking to people about how they're living their lives may change or shape the vision I have of how I want to live my own.
Time to get packing...
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