anticipation

It's strange to think about how the last four years of my life have held some of my greatest life experiences, world travels, maturing seasons... yet they flew by so quickly. I think I'm fascinated with the eternal learning process because I can't imagine not growing and being challenged. I would prefer to be a student forever, continuously learning and becoming a better and more knowledgeable person.  

The next five years of my life are going to be vastly different than the last five. I was just on the verge of adulthood, still very much dependent on my family, and still young and without very much life experience. Not that I'm claiming I have had more life experience than most (probably less in some cases) these next years will probably be more formative than the last. Now I will be treated as an adult and I will earn my own way. That in itself is quite exciting. It's like a whole new set of rules coming out of college. I could sit back and relax, get an easy going job and make light of my early twenties... but instead, I think I will take life by the horns and see what I can make of it.

I want to travel more, I want to make loads more friends all over the world (more to visit!) and I want to find hobbies that I'm passionate about on the side of my career, etc. It would be nice to enjoy a relationship and understand more what I want in a life partner. I already know a few things, they have to be stable, yet more adventurous than me! I need a man who is going to challenge me and surprise me! I want to get my masters, that is, when I finally know exactly what it is I'm going to do. :)

There are so many things to look forward to... wow.