I believe the hardest part to being a young adult is learning who you are, what you stand for, and what you want in life. It's at this time, items such as these become critical. We're ready to start our own lives, begin families, and move forward with our careers. and the truth is this: IT'S SCARY.
the past couple months have been a struggle only because I was ignoring waht truly matters. To make things easier, and outline what I believe is most important, I decided to make a list:
THINGS THAT MATTER MOST TO ME
FRIENDSHIP
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
SCHOOL
WORK
FINANCIAL STABILITY
PROGRESSION
MY HAPPINESS
MY FAMILY
THE WAY I TREAT OTHERS
MY RELIGION
THE ADOPTION
SERVICE
As I looked over my list (this was a few months ago when I WANTED these to matter most to me, but wasn't quite there yet) I realized my day to day life focused on a mere...eh...25% of those. Mostly money, work, and school. those are all important things, don't get me wrong, but there comes a time when a person like me needs to let herself go a little; make time for the three F's, Friends, Family, and Fun. But ALSO put God at the center of my life. So, a few days later I started to consciously work at the small things I know will make me happy. I even started reading this book be Steven Covey called The Divine Center. It's amazing and I recommend it to anyone.
I want to be the person who works hard at school and in her job, but makes time for herself and for her relationship with her Heavenly Father. Back when I was pregnant, I was SO close to Him. I've drifted ever since and I hate it, I want to go back. So that's what I'm working on.
I'm also working on surrounding myself with the right kind of people. Some of the people in my life are turning out to be negative influences. They bring me down in more ways than one and as my confidence grows, I'm realizing how unimportant it is to hold on to these relationships. I think that if I want to attract good people, who put right things first, I need to be that person too.
As far as the fun goes, a good guy friend of mine and I decided to put together a SUMMER BUCKET LIST. best idea we've ever had by far. we're both super stoked to cross every item off even as we continue to add more. I hope it will make up for lost time and guarantee myself a bit of the fun I always tell myself I cant have due to the demands of school and work.
OUR SUMMER BUCKET LIST
created by Spenser and ShaNae:)
*Fight Spenser
*win (these were my first two items, and you can be sure they'll happen;))
*Weekend road trip to st. george
*weeked toad trip to vegas
*weekend road trip to Idaho (that's for me, visiting my friends at BYUI)
*Fishing!
*boating, canoeing, tubing
*tubing down the provo river (even though I almost die every time)
*Long board down provo canyon (every day!)
*CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*save $2,000
*Camping trip, man style
*ride a horse
*go to a carnival
*learn songs on the guitar
*finish my quilt (obviously for me, but i'm sure spens wouldn't mind trying it out ha!)
*go to some of the dances in SLC!
*Hike Timpanogas
*Rock climb like a crazy person!
*go to Mesa Verde
*visit as many Utah landmarks as possible
*BLANDING!!!!
*play chug and don't lose
*eat a massive burger
*BBQ AND BONFIRE
well, there ya have it, our bucket list:) And i'm sure it will grow, but we're determined to do everything on that darn list!!!!!!!! We're young and these are the years to live it up (in a good way) because soon we'll be married with families of our own, and how many couples with kids can up and drive to california on any given weekend? ya...doesn't happen. SO! as excited as i am to have a family of my own someday, I am finally realizing that i'm running out of time to finish 'my list'. Let's get it started!
