Dear 2016,
So far you started super crappy, then got super amazingly great, then alright (I moved to Utah) then super fun then kinda blah. But it's okay, it's only been 20 days of you. It kind of sucks that Mercury is in retrograde for the vey beginning of you, 2016, but that's okay because I like you. Every year I say "this is my year," and I don't know what I mean by that, because I never make and keep resolutions. Except I'm pretty sure my 2015 resolution was to get a boyfriend and I did that, and my 2016 one was to not kiss a boy... Anyway 2016, I don't know if this will be "my year" because I spend a lot of you as a poor student. 2016, we have shared lots of laughs, tears, and mistakes and I just know that there is going to be much more fun and embarrassing memories to fill you up with.
I used to have a "word of the year," a word to describe my year and to give me confidence when I needed it. Last year my word was "bold," and the year before that was "brave," and when I needed an extra spice of boldness or of being brave I clung to those words. Those words lifted me up because those were the words that my year depended on. 2016 I was going to make you my "big" year, I wanted every decision I made to be BIG. I wanted my decisions to make an impact so I can make an impact on this earth, but I'm changing my "word of the year" to "saying of the year." This years saying or montra is "you got this," so whenever I am feeling down in the dumps because the Krispy Kreme line is too long, or I miss a boy who is too many miles away, or I want to be home with my family, I will remember "you got this," and I will put on some lipstick and pull my sh*t together- because that's what ladies do.
So my wish, for all of you entering 2016 with me, is to let fear drive you, let your heart fall for another human being, let your guard down, and when things start to suck (AKA Mercury is in retrograde) remember "you got this." YOU, the person who maybe turns her music up too loud while eating a donut with way too many calories because she's kinda sad, got this. Life sucks, but only for a few more days until Mercury is done being in retrograde. Hold tight sistas.
Xoxo Kenzie
