Mobile Post #1 -- Gratitude

So, fun story, guys. In case you weren't listening when she went over the assignment sheet, Mickey says we can get extra credit. And I am all about that life. So I'm gonna post on here all the freaking time. Y'all ready? Okay.

I had a really bad day. And one thing about me: it takes a lot for me to admit it's been a bad day, because I typically don't allow bad stuff to infiltrate my mood. So that means today has been really, really awful. So I guess I wanna take some time to write a list of some things I'm thankful for. These are in no specific order. 

I am so thankful to be cast in a show right now. Last year as a freshman, I spent the majority of my first semester without any artistic projects to indulge myself with. It quickly became a very dark time filled with reliance on some toxic things and people that I am really glad I have been able to expel from my life. 

I am so glad that my mental well-being is so stable and positive. 

I am so grateful to have a loving and supporting God to believe in. Though it's sometimes hard to have faith, I know that He is always there for me. There have been many times throughout my life that I have doubted my beliefs about God and His existence. I now finally have the strength to know what I believe and how I believe it, and that growth is something I can thank only God and myself for. 

I'm beyond grateful to have a loving and supportive family. 

My sense of self and identity is beyond my years. I'm thankful. 

I have a really incredible boyfriend (I know that's kind of cliché) who is just… amazing. Yeah. He's pretty good to me. I'm going to see him this weekend - he goes to Oakland - and it's been a little while. I am so freaking excited. You don't even know. And there was a time this trip started to look like it wouldn't work out so I am really, really, really SO thankful that it is going to happen. 

I'm proud of myself for being a first-generation student and to be currently balancing 17 credit hours, a show, and my first job along with a social life. Kind of. It's a liiiittle imbalanced. But it'll work for now. 

I'm thankful that puppies and bears exist. Like oh my god. How cool that I live in a world with those balls of fluff. Instruction to classmates: Please show me any pictures of cute animals you ever come across. (Also, don't. I might cry).

Wow, I feel a lot better already. 

:)