The silence says it all...

I turn 23 in a mere six days. I've been doing a lot of thinking about my year as a 22 year old. Professionally, it's probably been one of the most successful years yet. I'm more productive, more accomplished, more respected, and feel closer and closer to what I want. Personally? It's been a shit year. And what started as the sky falling back in February gradually brought me to the shit storm I've been fighting here lately. I don't really know how I got here. But I guess that doesn't really matter. All that matters is where I end up.

And this is where I end up:
I'm not settling anymore. I'm not accepting being unhappy or feeling disrespected or unloved. I'm not making agreements with myself that "Oh, well with my luck it'll probably fall through". I'm not believing that just because someone treated you poorly that it was completely my fault. Or that because someone screwed me over, that must mean everyone will. I'm learning when to apologize and when to stand firm. I'm not ever going to doubt my expectations. I'm cutting people out of my life that could "take it or leave it" with our friendship. I'm not beating my head against the wall trying to figure out how I'm going to make a situation better. It takes two. I'm going to call my family more often. I'm going to call my friends just to say "Hey". I'm going to thank God not only when things are good, but when things are bad. I'm going to find it in my heart to believe that NOTHING I do is done on my own...there's always a greater purpose.

I'm going to give myself a minute to breathe and decide what to do with my latest email...