Well...It's been quite a while since I've written anything on here and A LOT has happened! First of all, I finished my second semester of school which is absolutely insane! I cannot believe how time flies. Secondly, the fam bam is has moved to St. George and I, along with them. Finally I'm going back up to school in September (this time by myself). There has been so much going on and I have been a little overwhelmed for the past couple months. But I can say that I have learned SO MUCH.
For starters, I learned that the future is so unpredictable and life can pull you in so many directions that sometimes, you just have to do what you can and go with it. I have always wanted to have complete control of my life and when things didn't go according to my plans, I would get frustrated. It was especially hard for me when I went up to school and I had control over where I went and what I did then when I came home and had to work around my family's lifestyle and schedule again. At first, I was miserable, not because I didn't want to be with my family, but because I wanted to have the freedom to do my own thing. I also have realized how blessed I was to have lived in San Clemente for so long. In the last few weeks of living in SC, I realized that I was able to make and build so many relationships whilst living there for the past 19 years. A week or so before we moved, one of the families in our ward at church threw us a farewell party. I was so grateful that we got to say goodbye to all the people I had grown up around. I am currently working really hard at trying to live in the moment in these few weeks before I go back up to school. I think I've gotten to the point where I've stopped waiting for the next thing and have started to live in the moment. For as long as I can remember, I have had what I call "the next thing will be better" syndrome. That means that I'm always looking forward to the next thing I have planned for myself, but I don't really live in the moment. For example, I really didn't take much time to enjoy my senior year of high school because I just wanted to knock it out and move on to college. But in this last few weeks, I realized that I really need to learn to value the time that I have with my family. I am going to try to keep this blog updated the best I can! I kind of took a break for a while so that I could focus on more important things. I'm really grateful that I have this page as an outlet and I will try my best to keep it updated as much as possible!
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My name is Ellie. I am a sophomore at BYU Idaho. I am excited to live life and to share a small piece of it with you!
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