Sweet Sixteen //
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4:41:00 PM
Okay, before we begin, let's address a few issues:
1. I know, I am very good at starting things and never completing them (i.e. this entire blog and general idea of posting things) (Sorry.)
2. I am turning 16 on February 22.
For my extravagant Sweet Sixteen party, my parents are taking me and my 4 best friends to New York for the weekend, and I could not be happier. Seriously. I really have nothing to say about this I'm just really reALLY REALLY excited! We're staying in a more rural area of New York, called Rhinebeck, but on Saturday, we're taking a train into Manhattan and spending the day in Times Square. We're going to see a Broadway show, (A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder), visit the FIT museum, eat dinner in the city, and shop in Times Square. Plus, it's New York Fashion Week.
I am going to be in Manhattan during Fashion Week.
Times are good right now. I cannot contain my happiness at all. *smiles forever* //
Of course, being sixteen is more than just parties in New York and things. In just 4 months, I'll begin learning to drive. Next year, I'll have to start applying to colleges and deciding what exactly I want to do with my life. In two years, I'll be moving out and living on my own. That is utterly terrifying, but also one of the best realizations I've come to in the last 24 hours. I'll soon have to make adult decisions, handle finances, go to college, and do my own laundry, but despite these daily tasks, I'll have freedoms and new experiences. I'll make new friends, see new places, try new things, go out on my own, or hang out in groups. I'll be able to take my own little trips out and just be who I want to be. I feel as though this NYC birthday event is the start of something new, and something great. From this point onward, I'll be planning for my first tastes of life on my own, and I'll be working my ass off to get to achieve all of the goals I put in place when I was 6.
I mean, when I was little, I set a lot of goals and expectations that I had hoped to achieve by the time I was 16, and while I've accomplished two or three of those goals, I've realized that I still have years and years ahead of me. My only concern right now should be to just set the foundations to success. Do well in school, join extracurricular activities that stimulate my creativity, think for myself, and learn how to interact with others and be a compassionate human.The career planning, finances, and "adult" things will come soon, but I just need to take them as they arrive, and enjoy life as it is now. Soon, I won't have the privilege to be a carefree teen. //
I may still be young, but I'm a year older than I was at this time last February, and to me, this small, insignificant number 16 actually has a lot of importance. It's the start of the transition from the awkward teenage years into adulthood. It marks the "halfway mark" of highschool. It's stressful, confusing, exciting, and wonderful.
AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOING TO NEW YORK, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS OKAY. :)
1. I know, I am very good at starting things and never completing them (i.e. this entire blog and general idea of posting things) (Sorry.)
2. I am turning 16 on February 22.
For my extravagant Sweet Sixteen party, my parents are taking me and my 4 best friends to New York for the weekend, and I could not be happier. Seriously. I really have nothing to say about this I'm just really reALLY REALLY excited! We're staying in a more rural area of New York, called Rhinebeck, but on Saturday, we're taking a train into Manhattan and spending the day in Times Square. We're going to see a Broadway show, (A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder), visit the FIT museum, eat dinner in the city, and shop in Times Square. Plus, it's New York Fashion Week.
I am going to be in Manhattan during Fashion Week.
Times are good right now. I cannot contain my happiness at all. *smiles forever* //
Of course, being sixteen is more than just parties in New York and things. In just 4 months, I'll begin learning to drive. Next year, I'll have to start applying to colleges and deciding what exactly I want to do with my life. In two years, I'll be moving out and living on my own. That is utterly terrifying, but also one of the best realizations I've come to in the last 24 hours. I'll soon have to make adult decisions, handle finances, go to college, and do my own laundry, but despite these daily tasks, I'll have freedoms and new experiences. I'll make new friends, see new places, try new things, go out on my own, or hang out in groups. I'll be able to take my own little trips out and just be who I want to be. I feel as though this NYC birthday event is the start of something new, and something great. From this point onward, I'll be planning for my first tastes of life on my own, and I'll be working my ass off to get to achieve all of the goals I put in place when I was 6.
I mean, when I was little, I set a lot of goals and expectations that I had hoped to achieve by the time I was 16, and while I've accomplished two or three of those goals, I've realized that I still have years and years ahead of me. My only concern right now should be to just set the foundations to success. Do well in school, join extracurricular activities that stimulate my creativity, think for myself, and learn how to interact with others and be a compassionate human.The career planning, finances, and "adult" things will come soon, but I just need to take them as they arrive, and enjoy life as it is now. Soon, I won't have the privilege to be a carefree teen. //
I may still be young, but I'm a year older than I was at this time last February, and to me, this small, insignificant number 16 actually has a lot of importance. It's the start of the transition from the awkward teenage years into adulthood. It marks the "halfway mark" of highschool. It's stressful, confusing, exciting, and wonderful.
AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOING TO NEW YORK, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS OKAY. :)
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