Sick of Year 26 🎂
- Dominique
- May 23, 2018
- 2 min read
26...you were mean to me! I mean that in the most respectful way possible too! In exactly 4 days from now I will be welcoming another year older and might I say....27 I've been waiting on you at the door! 26 was one of my toughest years yet. It was full of toxicity, blessings, heartache, blissfullness, rejection, surprises, loss, gain and a little lot of pain. Although I'd like to think I handled it with style and grace, there were many days where I handled it like a tempermental 2 year old and an angsty teenager all in one. This year taught me the value in finding and keeping yourself and what I mean by that is never getting so consumed with others whether it be family, friends, or relationships, that you lose yourself and forget who you are and what you stand for. At 26 I gave and gave until I was completely depleted and had nothing else of me to offer to anyone. I went above and beyond for people who never saw me as someone worthy of having around in the best of ways. 26 was my year where, typically when I'd get wound up and would overthink things and they generally would turn out to be nothing or work out, they did nothing of the sort! It always seemed to turn out the worst thing I imagined! But despite all of the negatives that 26 brought me, the greatest gift it gave me was strength and resiliency. It was through those two special gifts that I even survived through being a 26 yr old.
Despite everything that was designed to knock me down, back me into a corner test my patience, and juto kick me in the gut until I called it quits...I rose like a phoenix from ashes through each and every ordeal. If it was a toxic friendship I was cut off from, it made me wiser in picking better angels to surround myself with and open to perspective! If it was heartbreak in any form you can think of, it still allowed me to find my reflection and see that I was worthy of the love and support I was giving and pouring into others no matter what and it gave me the ability to hold myself accountable for even my wrongs. This year made me patient BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT. This year helped me to see the queen and alpha woman in me. As a result, I welcome 27 with open arms, with poise and grace, with humilty and a humbleness about myself. May this new year bring me all that I have longed and prepared for and may I get my blessings with my name on them because dammit 26 you were hell but you were exactly what i needed in order to prevail.
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