My Perfect Year - Age 23
Hello, all you lovely people. Can you guess what this coming Monday is? No? Okay, fine, I’ll tell you. It’s my 24th birthday! I’ll be spending the next 3 days celebrating with my friends. On Saturday, the 24th, a friend from Uni and I are going to hang out in the city. We’re dressing up as our personalities. She’s dressing up as a fairy princess, and I’m dressing up as a vampire princess. On the 25th, my mum and I are returning to the city to see Daddy Long Legs (if you know me well, you’d know how important this musical is to me). On the 26th (my actual birthday), I have my voice lesson, and then I am going to the city for a third time with two other friends. We’re going shopping and just having fun. I’ve even made a list of the things I plan to get - so I don’t overspend my money. So, to celebrate my birthday with you loyal readers, I thought I’d reflect on my 23rd year and share my hopes for my 24th year.
Reflection
I’ll be honest, there was a time when I didn’t think I’d make it to my 23rd birthday, much less my 24th birthday. Between the ages of 19-23, I was dealing with many physical and mental health conditions. I was sick and was living at a very low vibration. I remember 22-year-old me asking a new friend how old he was. He told me he was 23, and I thought, “what will I be like at 23?” I never expected to make it to my 23rd birthday - that’s how sick I was. Turning 23 last year was truly an incredible experience because I reached an age I didn’t think I would get to. I beat the odds past-me had set, and I am so lucky I did. My 23rd year has truly been the perfect age year for me. Here’s a list of things I was able to experience that I didn’t think I’d be able to…
23 amazing experiences I didn’t think I’d get to have.
Turning twenty-three and having a wonderful birthday with my friends.
Getting to see a modern reboot of The Babysitters Club (Netflix) and being so happy to see an accurate representation of diabetes.
Seeing my first Broadway show alone (Beetlejuice).
Getting straight A’s in college for two consecutive semesters.
Getting to participate in stage readings of various plays via Actor’s Aesthetic Virtual Play Time.
Starting voice lessons with the most amazing voice coach/teacher ever and finally hearing that I can sing.
Meeting Caitlin Kinnuen via a Masterclass and telling her how much she’s helped me become more confident.
Discovering and falling in love with Homeland (Showtime).
My biggest wish coming true - graduating college.
Feeling my vibrations soar sky-high when I am singing/acting out my favourite musicals.
Finally, having the confidence to make a small change in my appearance (getting blue contacts) so I can present the way I want to
Finding healing through songs, musicals/performing, and finally releasing things that weigh down on me.
Getting close with a friend, who is now my lil sister.
Getting cast as an extra in The Prom movie and getting to see myself for 2.7 seconds in one of the scenes.
Getting the Twilight books in Hungarian.
Falling in love with the A Court of Thorns and Roses series.
Completing my “read 13 books in 1 year” challenge in 6 months.
All the snuggles with my Bella.
Finally, being able to perform again in a very collaborative show about the shame people feel in society. Feeling healed from the story I shared.
Discovering “The Show That Goes Wrong” and laughing until I cried.
Seeing Black Widow 4 times and falling in love with Yelena Belova/Florence Pugh.
Hungarian musicals.
Becoming the person I wanted to be when I was in my early 20s and finally only doing things to please me, not other people.
BONUS* Making it to my 24th birthday!
My hope for my 24th year.
At the beginning of this year, I posted on my Instagram about my “word” for the year. My word is something I want to achieve/live by. I chose the word “authenticity.” To challenge myself, I am adding another word (or phrase, really) that will go from my birthday to my birthday next year. That phrase is, “to be mentally strong.” When it comes to things that give me anxiety or stress, I tend to chicken out or find an easy way out of it. I want to stop doing that. I want to be the buffalo - meaning I want to run toward the storms instead of away from them. I want to take my fears by the horns and obliterate them. I want to look back at this year and see how often I faced my fears instead of running from them.
And this concludes my post on my most perfect year (age wise). I hope you enjoyed this post. As always don’t forget to like this post, and leave me a comment below. Make sure to follow me on all social media (links below) and I’ll see you soon. Sending you all the love and light in the world.
