30 Accomplishments in My 30 Years

1. Grown from my mistakes
2. Learned to forgive others
3. Learned to forgive myself
4. Learned how to let go
5. Learned to ask for help when I need it
6. Done something that scared me
7. Survived depressive episodes
8. Unconditionally loved another person
9. Learned to love who I am
10. Set boundaries
11. Written over a hundred poems
12. I get more patient every day
13. Learned to appreciate the little things in life
14. Communicating with others effectively
15. Becoming a CVOR tech
16. I’ve learned to listen to others, to REALLY listen.
17. Graduating high school
18. Graduating scrub tech school
19. Helped rebuild a house after Katrina
20. Made two beautiful babies
21. Working in a field I love
22. Ran a 5k
23. Swam in the ocean
24. Met my favorite band
25. Helped in a heart transplant
26. Helped in a lung transplant
27. Changed my own taillight
28. Cut out toxic people from my life- even when it was hard
29. I’ve learned how to be honest with myself and others
30. Learned to accept people for who they are instead of who they could be.

Thirty is HUGE to me, mostly because I never saw myself making it this far in life. I thought what better way to celebrate surviving this crazy life than to list some of my accomplishments thus far!