On March 31st I entered the world as a new and improved 21 year old. This is a milestone for most American youths and I definitely was no different from the rest. Although, nothing has changed except now I can get a drink at a bar or a restaurant with friends. This "milestone" birthday does not actually mean much but our society hypes it up and honestly, I am okay with that.

I wrote an article last year on turning 20 and finally being part of the greatest time of my life, "aka my 20's". However, I suppose I did not learn a lot over the last year, because I am still wishing for the same. I am still wishing to be crazy and wild and free and I am still always searching for someone or something that is not there.

Although I still have so many insecurities and unfulfilled aspirations, I keep the faith alive and I keep telling myself, stop waiting for something to happen and just make it happen yourself. Stop waiting on other people to get their shit together and just focus on getting yours nice, pristine, and uncomplicated.

I never think my life will be uncomplicated though, but I do firmly believe that everything works out some way or another. I have overcome obstacles that I never thought I would surmount, just as everyone has, and when I look back at them their is a source of pride and I have realized that no matter how much the situation looks bleak their is always a solution. Maybe not the ideal solution, but always a way to come out on top of your former self.

One thing is always right, a person can live in the past and make past mistakes over again, but they cannot be the past, they cannot be the person they were in the past, because as every minute passes a person is growing and becoming older making them unique from others and even themselves.

So maybe I have learned a lot in the past year and my hopes are to learn a lot more or to at least keep this optimism that I have in my mind at a strong pace and not let past thinking over take my present self. Also, to not look too much toward the future, because the present is all I need.