When change comes, I tend to take it in stride and use it as an opportunity to renovate my entire life. It's how I find new ways of going about things that I didn't know of before. But it's trial and error, and I've realized that one of the errors I've made with my last big change is that I lost my lust for life. I want to love life again. I want my eyes to be open, the colors to be bright, the weight to be off my shoulders. I realized that this was missing from my life about a week ago, and have quickly been regaining it, and with it, a spring in my step, a smile on my face, and optimism. I'm getting my optimism back! And it's such a wonderful thing to have. It motivates me and reminds me to smile, relax, and keep my priorities straight. It's been a good week. Slow, but good.

I saw Disney's The Princess and The Frog last night, and like every other time I watch a Disney movie, I became very nostalgic. It always takes me back to when I was 13 or 14, with incredibly low self-esteem and spent all my time thinking, "I'll never be..." whatever adjective I chose at the time. And here I am, 19 years old and the most confident I've ever been. I feel inspired by the fact that I am on my way to becoming that girl I used to dream of being, and think I could never be. Watching Disney princess movies always reminds me of that, for some reason. They make want to go back in time and talk to who I was then and say, "Look at me and be happy, because guess what.. you did it!"

It's a good thing.

SMILE EVERYONE!