I’m that kind of girl who eats the same thing, from the same place, 99.9% of the time I go out (Waffle House; a waffle, eggs scrambled with cheese, hash browns and bacon on the side.) I like comfortable. I enjoy being secure and knowing what I am going to do every day and know that it will never change. Security is sensibility to me.

I was offered the opportunity to move to D.C. Even though it's only for the semester, it meant that I would be leaving my home in Blacksburg, the place I love and feel secure. Not to mention leaving behind the people who have been my support system for the past three years to move to a city of a thousand people and not one of them understanding my love for chicken and waffles on Fridays at Turner Place.

So, I thought about turning my semester down. Stay in Blacksburg, and continue to be comfortable. Then, one day a friend told me no. He looked at me and said, “Stop doing this to yourself.” He told me to stop saying no to everything and start saying yes. If I lived my life not opening the door when opportunity knocked I would always regret it.

I was completely and utterly offended that he would even say something like that to me!! Lol. But it was true. He was right in the fact that I hold myself back from so many things because I am comfortable. I am stuck in complacency and that's not ok. I called my boss and said "GUESS WHAT? I’M GOING TO WASHINGTON!" (Obviously, in the most respectful way possible.)

I packed my bags and headed to our nation's Capitol.

I’ve been here three months so far, and I can tell you this. I’ve grown as a person. I’m more independent and reliant on myself than I ever was. Washington is no joke. You have to put yourself out there, otherwise, you become somebody who never was. As much as we want to believe it, being comfortable isn’t a way to live your life. You know how they say “life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” It’s 100% true!!! The greatest thing holding you back is yourself and the word “no” from accomplishing anything you want, or in my case taking over the world!! *insert evil laugh*

Sometimes you have to tell the negative thoughts in your brain NO so that you can start saying YES. Life’s a game and you gotta risk it to get the biscuit!