I want to...

-Wear a kilt and play the bagpipes
-Go zip-lining through the rain forest
-Take a Greyhound bus across the country
-Take a train across Europe
-Pitch a tent on a public beach in Hawaii
-Have a job as a tour guide
-Rescue an abandoned dog
-Get something I wrote published
-See a waterfall
-Become more self-confident
-Learn more Spanish & sign language
-Wade in a fountain in the moonlight
-Ride a Segway along Lake Michigan
-Have a mooter scooter
-Have a job at a coffee shop
-Make a difference in someone's life
-Live a life worth living
-Work at the Waa Waa gas station in Virgina
-Go to Cedar Point and ride every roller coaster
-Work at an amusement park
-Go to bartending school
-Learn how to knit, and knit sweaters for small dogs

Little Things I Love

I live for life's little pleasures:
:: puppies: :trampolines: :jumping in the leaves: :Wii: :diet coke: :manicures: :icees: :shopping: :animals: :winter: :elliptical: :sociology: :praying: :lip gloss: :Pac-man: :cherries: :pay day: :umbrellas: :texting: :pedicures: :reading: :naps: :Redbox: :hugs: :soccer: :hot tubs: :orange tic tacs: :roller skating: :necklaces: :Christmas: :rainbows: :my laptop: :sidewalk chalk: :you tube: :sunsets: the beach: :downtown Chicago: :poetry: :smoothies: :ice skating: :vacations: :spring: :iced tea: :snowflakes: :driving: :Starbuck's: :blogs: :fall: :biking: :politics: :outcry: :magazines: :bouncy balls: :posters: :music: :doodling: stargazing: :babysitting: :Pandora: :massages: :photographs: :notebooks: :breath mints: :mascara: :coloring: :baking: :pet sitting: :shopping: :late nights: :bowling: :books: :brick walls: :newly sharpened pencils: :full moons: :chai tea: Whole Foods: :musicals: :swimming: :laughter: :concerts: :trees: :iPods: :purple: :Disney: :feathers: :kittens: :chess: :toaster ovens: :vegetarianism: :Target: :diet cherry dr. pepper: big sunglasses: :yoga: :sleeping in: :editorials: :fuzzy slippers: :board games: :sweatpants: :improv shows: :quotes: :dry erase boards: :earrings: :flip flops: :swordfights: :pinball machines: :big hoodies: :gluten free: :playing cards: :snowball fights: :clicky pens: :movie nights: :post it notes: :pillow fights: :sneezing: :strawberries: :game nights: :pickles: :sunshine: :windows: :whirlpools: :theater: :social work: :crayons: :tacos: :mini golf: :kickboxing: :Eeyore: :history: :dance parties: :on demand: :Frisbee golf: :coffee: :theology: :notepads: :bunnies: :Tweedy Bird: :bumper cars: :rain: :picture frames: :waterfalls: :fortune cookies: :tissue paper: :shopping cart races: :Magic 8 balls: :pinwheels: :kaleidoscopes: :Carbiou: :crystals: :telescopes: :skipping rocks: :bridges: :calculators: :lighthouses: :Apples to Apples: :singing to the car radio: :museums: :hearts: :Jenga: :peace signs: :faux fur: :earmuffs: :dog walking: :ice cream: :guinea pigs: :ninjas: :black & white: :blueberries: :cheetah print: :pink: :bonfires: :bean bags: :summer nights: :Tinkerbell: :mittens: :working out: :rollercoasters: :chocolate: :carnival games: :Chipolte: :gel pens: :wrapping paper: :cushions: :booths: :towel animals: :blankets: :the mall: :sculptures: :

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I’m a few weeks out of the roughest semester of my life, but it’s the one that has taught me the most about myself, life, and God.
-Take everything a day at a time, a semester at a time, a year at a time, or whatever. Plans can always change. You can always transfer, change your major, switch jobs, drop a class, or whatever you need to. Anyone who has their life planned out is going to change it.
-Always leave yourself a way out. Give yourself a backup plan and give yourself permission to take it. I planned myself a backup but I didn’t want to use it when I really should have.
-No one is going to hand anything to you. You have to be persistent. Sometimes it means asking someone else, or continuing to ask until you get it.
-Sometimes you have to confront people if you have a problem. If you ignore it, it tends to just get worse.
-Watch what you say about other people, chances are it will get back to them…and may not be worded the way that you intended it.
-Sometimes you have to give up. Or take a break and try again later. Sometimes success comes from accepting failure and growing from it; rather than refusing to give yourself permission to give up or fail
-There are some things you just have to leave to chance; you can’t just force things to turn out the way that you planned
-With that, being in control is just so overrated some times. There were times I would get anxious and desperate to be able to control something. The times that I realized I couldn't be in control and let go; it just felt amazing.
Above all-this verse is always ingrained into my head. I made it my email signature this semester.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me-Philippians 4:13