August/September usually means Back to School but not for this woman!

So its the end of August which normally indicates that its time for school but as you may or may not recall... I'm a college graduate! Its been such a great summer learning about myself and trying to see where life is going to take me.

As most of my friends are in college still or having just recently gotten their big girl or boy jobs, it has been weird to not be back at school. My college life is still really fresh. It was interesting to not have to buy school supplies and there are not syllabi anymore.

I can't believe one year ago I was fresh back from my life-changing trip to London and Ireland and then gearing up for my senior year of college. Last year was such a great time for me. I started to change my perspective on the organizations I was a part of, I started thinking about life after college and I started to see who my real friends would be post-college.

London and Ireland was the best trip I ever took. I went to London with a few classmates from my school and students from two other universities. I was ready for a new set of friends and a new and interesting culture. My first trip overseas on my own. It was eye-opening and I still keep in contact with several of my classmates.

IN OTHER NEWS...

Lately I have been seeing more of what the big picture is in my life. I'm going to get a price for a tattoo that I've been wanting for a while and I'm realizing that I need to work on not sweating the small stuff. For instance, I think it is stupid to not use things that you buy. One of my pet peeves is when people buy new cars but they don't want to utilize them. "Oh don't touch that, and please don't put your feet up the side of the door!" When I hear people say these things I think to myself... Why don't you just save your money and buy a used car and put your feet wherever you want! I believe in buying things and using them. Also I would not buy new furniture and tell guests that they can't sit on it. That's just ridiculous to me! I want to use anything and everything I have and if not I want to get rid of it so that I can let others use things I don't need.

I am feeling great and really loving and enjoying my life right now. I am so thankful for all the lovely people I have been blessed to know thus far in my life. I thank them for their continued support and love and am inspired by them. I am looking at the big picture of how my life is and what is important to me. My goal is to start to not sweat the small stuff as much anymore. I will definitely be blogging about this adventure.

I'm gonna enjoy my day off from work tomorrow. Tomorrow is my day <3

Until next time..

xoxo
Mand