Goodbye 22, Hello 23

So it's been about a week and a half since I turned 23. I finally decided to update this blog, and instead of trying to write long, thoughtful posts, maybe I'll try to post more with nuggets of thought. I've been trying to retain all this information, but it's kind of hard.

I'm not too sure what to think about turning 23, but I do feel that I am older, and that I should be thinking and acting older. It's like time to grow up and focus on L-I-F-E. I had that feeling when I graduated college, that everything up to that point had been to finish college and have and idea about what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. After I graduated, it was all about DOING those things to have a life, and plan ahead for family, finances, and just thinking about responsibility that actually impacted other individuals. So as I'm preparing to enter optometry school in August, I'm thinking more seriously about my class work, and networking, and thinking about opportunities and ideas for getting a job and working after I finish school. Granted that some of my classmates are already married either at my age or a bit older, the environment will definitely be different from undergrad.

Also being 23, in four years after optometry school, I'll be 27! I just went to a dinner for my friend's 27th birthday, and he's getting married within the next 6 months. Also my friend who is graduating from SCCO will get married next year. So it's a possibility that after 4 years I MAY be thinking about getting married, and I'm currently single...LOL. Contemplating about my age just makes me feel like I'm older, more mature especially when I'm sitting on the bus and I see young kids taking the bus to go to elementary or middle school, and then I see the older (senior citizens) taking the bus. It's like a gradient, old people in the front, and young people in the back.

I guess it's not so much my age, but what's happening in my life at this point. I'm moving on to optometry school, people around me are getting married, and I'm around more people older than me than are my age. It's exciting to be older and accept the responsibility that comes with it because with the responsibility are the opportunities to really come into your own and start becoming the adult that you hope to be.

Next year, I'll be saying hello to mid-20's!