Instead of making an entirely seperate catch-up post, I thought I would just combine yesterday and today's into one large post.
*Note* Most of the time I'm sending these posts through my phone so even though I feel like I'm saying a whole lot, I realize that I'm not when I look at these posts online - so forgive me if it appears that I'm being short!
Day 16 - Dream Journal.
I've been having a lot of crazy dreams lately, and I don't really sleep that well anymore. There's been a lot going on in my personal life, and that has effected things pretty greatly but I didn't expect to have such weird dreams. This being said, my dreams have always been a bit chaotic and I haven't necessarily always understood why that was or what they meant, but I'm a big believer in dreams speaking on the behalf of your unconscious. With that being said, I want to start keeping a dream journal when I turn 22. I heard that it's much more effective to write down or speak of the dream that you just had as soon as you wake up from it because you can remember much more from the dream than if you tried to remember a dream later on in the day. I think this will be really helpful to chart the meaning of my dreams and maybe help me out in my waking life. Exciting!!
Day 17 - Holidays.
I don't even think that this is something that I want to start doing when I turn 22, because it's something that I've been doing my whole life and have no intentions on stopping and that's celebrating holidays to the fullest! I'm the kind of person that gets really excited when holidays come around, and not just because we get a break from school or a few days off of work but because there's so much joy in a holiday. I also really love birthdays. It doesn't even have to be my own birthday, I just love the idea of someone being really happy and feeling extremely special at least once as year, especially if they're really close to me. But I think for 22, what I want for holidays is to bring the magic back. As a kid you can feel when a holiday is coming up. The air feels different, it's like you're floating on this endless high and you're just so excited for whatever holiday it is to come up. You're excited to see family, you're excited to eat tons of food, you're excited to maybe get presents, it's just a magical time. As you get older, it feels less and less like a holiday is coming, and that holiday just starts feeling like another day. I hate that. I hate that I didn't even realize that the Fourth of July was approaching, when it used to be my favorite holiday. I hate that I was more concerned about the money I was losing for having today off than I was excited by the fact that I get to see fireworks tonight and eat some really good BBQ. I want to make these days special again, because that's kind of all we have anymore. Mission22. Guess what guys -- 5 DAYS LEFT :O !