Today is my 24th birthday. A decade ago, I was 14. Wow.
I love to think about what 14 year old Audrey thought 24 year old Audrey would be doing now. A decade ago, I think I was in the phase where I wanted to be a journalist. 18 year old Audrey wanted to be a famous anthropologist and travel to far off places to do research and eat bugs and dance crazy dances and all other romantic things anthropologists do. 21 year old Audrey wanted to be a Peace Corps Volunteer and change the world one AIDS lecture at a time. And I was pretty darn certain I'd be married by now.
I've always been one to change my mind a lot, but throughout the past decade a few goals have remained the same.
1. Have an important, meaningful job.
2. Fall in love.
3. Feel successful at what I'm doing.
And
4. Be genuinely happy.
With a lot of luck and some hard work, and despite my fickle nature, I am accomplishing my goals. I truly believe that sometimes, you have to let go of certain dreams to make room for new ones and I am so grateful I allowed myself to do this. I love my job. I love my boyfriend. I love 24 year old me. Life's not perfect, and sure, my current situation might not be ideal, but as long as those four things are in line, I think I'm doing alright.
Thanks for all the birthday love. I have some truly amazing people in my life.
Love,
AJ
