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Starting Anew

January 4, 2016January 4, 2018by AlexaLeave a Comment

Happy New Year, my loves!

We’re two days in and I am so excited about this new year. It warms my heart to hear and read about how many other people are too! I saw a text post online that said,” 2015 definitely had a part one and a part two.” I couldn’t agree more with this statement. The first half of 2015 was the best time of my entire life thus far as I spent a semester abroad in London. I believed my summer and fall semester would follow suit. It’s not that positive things did not happen, but it was definitely more challenging and, frankly, exhausting. Still, the events of last year have made me feel that it was overall a preparation year for what’s to come in 2016. Continue reading “Starting Anew” →

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Pre-Departure

December 22, 2015January 4, 2018by AlexaLeave a Comment

Disclaimer: No pictures.

It’s hard to believe that three and a half years just flew by. I remember move-in day like it was yesterday and now it’s the final move-out day. I must say, three and a half years ago I imagined this day would be heartwrenching and I would have found any reason to stay near USC, but honestly, I have only grown increasingly ready to be done with college and to leave L.A. even more. College wasn’t what I thought it was going to be. I spent a lot of it truly unhappy. However, with all of those unfortunate times came really important lessons that leave me here ready to start a new chapter of my life. Continue reading “Pre-Departure” →

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Father’s Day

June 22, 2015January 4, 2018by AlexaLeave a Comment

Not that we normally do anything particularly special, but it’s weird to think we won’t be spending Father’s Day together. I felt it especially necessary to make this post because it’s the last Father’s Day where I’m still in college. As I approach my final semester at USC, I’d like to take this time to thank you. Thank you for reminding me that even if something may be a burden, especially a financial one, life is always about experience. Thank you for always finding a way for me to broaden my horizons. Thank you for always supporting my decisions even when they don’t make sense to you. I know I’m always indecisive about what I want to do in the future, and I know you don’t mean to be on my back about that, but just know that you have nothing to worry about (even though you’re constantly worrying, haha). I hope that you never feel you haven’t done everything you can for me because you’ve surpassed yourself time and time again. I hope that you know-and I think you do-that you’ve raised someone you can be proud of and I will continue to make you (and Mommy) proud. Although I’m living my own life now, know that I will always have you in my head and my heart. I can say that I’m indebted to you for so many things, but I know your goal has just been to provide for your family in the best way you know how. You’ve done an amazing, amazing job and there aren’t enough words to express how grateful I am to call you my dad every day.
I love you ❤

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Mind Control

May 25, 2015January 4, 2018by Alexa1 Comment

If you read my last post, I talked about how a component of grasping self-sufficiency was dealing with my personal emotional stability. When I reference emotional stability, I don’t mean that I’m walking around perfectly fine then all of a sudden I’m smashing things, but I’m acting, as most of us do, in a way that does not reflect how I really feel. I suppress things because it’s better to not deal with them, to save others, and/or to hope that they will eventually go away. With suppression, I’ve tried to tone this part of me all the way down so I am not perceived as crazy and it has only translated to me lacking display of emotions altogether and leaving me with people constantly questioning, “What’s wrong?” I robotically answer, “It’s not me, it’s just my face,” but I’ve recently started to center in on the “it’s not me” portion. When I found myself an emotional low point this semester (yes, it’s possible even when you’re having the time of your life), a friend of mine recommend I meditate. Continue reading “Mind Control” →