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The Year Before 25.

The Year Before 25.

Bee Francis

"When I get older, I want to get married and have kids by 25."

Phew.

Little Bee didn't know what the hell she was talking about. I'm a year away from the year where I thought I'd have it all figured out and I'm very very far from having it all figured out. And that's okay because I'm looking at the world around me and I've got a ways to go.

Not too long ago, I found a bag of really old pictures from my childhood in my closet. As I was looking through the pics, I saw myself as a kid - happy, smiling from ear to ear, extra as all hell, but so vibrant. And I couldn't help but wonder where that little girl went because I don't even remember ever being that carefree or extra enough to be as confident as my poses suggested. I wondered where I lost her and how I forgot she existed and how do I get her back?

Now I know turning 24 may seem super insignificant in the grand scheme of major milestone celebrations, but being 24 is a little throwing when you prematurely set yourself up to have it all together by the age that's coming next. What the hell did I know?! ...There's a lot in my early twenties that I cringe at, there's a lot that I laugh at, and quite frankly, there's just a lot that I'm reflecting on. I'm noticing that the years prior to this one, I lived with no actual purpose or plan and definitely had no direction. And it is because of that realization, that 23 has been the most meaningful year to date.

Exactly a year ago, I started doing a Word of The Month and whatever word I chose became key to the way in which I lived for that month. I started with the word Gratitude last October, and among the many months to follow, there was: Acceptance, Balance, Love, and Patience. These words, although just words - really shaped the way in which I thought and acted and understood the world around me. And so, for this month, I sat and thought about what word felt right for this new chapter and age in which I'm entering in ... and the one word to come to mind was Vulnerability.

Throughout my Jordan Year, there were so many moments that required vulnerability and because of all that it brought me, I decided that I wanted more. Many times, I found myself faced with the option to play things safe or take the road less traveled and each time, I chose to allow myself to be vulnerable in doing things that required the most of me.This year, I completed my first year of consistently going to therapy as an adult which I'm really proud of. I found a love, which required an enormous level of vulnerability; teaching me so much about myself - the good, the bad and the ugly. And I forced myself out of my comfort zone continuously, making small but necessary moves in the right direction for my career; all because I allowed myself the opportunity to be open and honest with what I wanted from myself and from this world.

This last year has been full of so much joy and intent because I decided that it would be and made it so. And when I look back at it, I can't help but be so proud of the year that I've had. Of course there were lows, but there was also so many major turning points that I really have to be grateful for. This year, I dared to dream and go for all of the things that I wanted, and as a result, I've started to create the life for myself that I've envisioned, sans the kids and husband ... while giving myself enough grace to still fumble and learn.

23 is called your Jordan Year for a reason, there's an unwritten law that you have no choice but to be great. As it was approaching, I could feel something in me had changed and I just knew ... it was going to be different. Now 24 is here and it's not what I thought it would be. However, there's this divine energy in the air with full-circle moments and manifestations and things I've only thought but never said. And it's exciting because I know that everything that's happened has only scratched the surface. The little girl from those pictures with her confidence is slowly but surely making a comeback and she has a lot to offer. Both you and I, we ain't seen nothin yet ...

The best is yet to come.

Feelin Myself.

Feelin Myself.
Dust Yourself Off ... and Try Again.

Dust Yourself Off ... and Try Again.

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