7 years ago...

So I was reading an email from Erika, she always does these little survey things, which I, in turn, do and post on here, and one of the questions that was asked was "Out of your high school friends, who do you think ended up exactly where you expected?" She answered me, which made me think, when I was in high school is this were I thought I would be?

My first impulse is to say no, after everything that's happened in the last 5 months. But you know what the real answer is? Yes. This is exactly where I thought I would be, back then, this is exactly what I was striving for. Somewhere in University, those expectations changed, but the newly single girl that had just graduated high school predicted this exact situation. I had made a list of life goals back then:

• Finish University


• Live in a big city downtown


• Find a good job


• Buy a house/condo


• Travel to Europe


• Travel to Mexico


• Do a cartwheel


• Learn another language

I've done all of those except for the travel ones. I'm exactly where I had wanted to be. In 6 months I'll be turning 24 again. I'm going to make some more goals for myself. I'm going to keep the travel ones on there and move them to the next phase of goals and add some places. I'm going to have to start thinking about what I want to accomplish by the time I'm 32. Should I put some romantic goals in there? Those are always so touch and go though. I think I'm better off keeping me happy and having someone to share if it happens. So relationship goals are out. (Sorry to put you guys through my whole thought process!)

This isn't a brag post or anything, it's more that I'm in awe. It's been a while since I've stopped to examine these questions, I'm just surprised by the outcome! I look forward to doing Erika's survey right before I turn 24 again. I'm sure lots will change in 6 months time still. It's amazing all the things we've all accomplished in the last 7 years, the things we wanted and the things we didn't even know we wanted.