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Valentines Day is right around the corner and by corner I mean tomorrow... I  used to dread this holiday thinking "poor me, I am single & alone." Now I have grown to accept the holiday & not dwell on the fact that I am single, but see all the great things I have in my life. Let me give you a quick recap of everything that I do currently have in my life since, I haven't written in forever!

The last time we talked I was living in Washington DC & worked at a PR agency. Things were not great & I honestly was going through a really hard time. I think Amber received many calls with me in tears asking "what do I do now?" I was going through something I think many young people struggle with after graduating-- I didn't know what I REALLY wanted for the first time. I was scared, homesick, didn't really like my job, going through growing pains & trying to figure it all out by myself. What do you do when this happens? Do I move all the way back to Utah to try to figure it out? Well for me moving back home seemed like I was giving up, that I wasn't trying to make it work (which isn't the case I've come to realize). But anyway, my sister & her husband were living in Boston during all this. My sister is one of my best friends & one of the people I was constantly in tears with. She knew how hard this was for me & told me I should move to Boston to be close to family & figure out what I want without having to go all the way home. This shows how selfless & caring my sister + her husband really are. I took them up on the offer & said goodbye to DC, a place I fell in love with & that will always have a piece of my heart.

Leaving DC November 21, 2012

I arrived to Boston & I don't think I fully understood what I was doing. I had just left a life I created for myself, quit a job without a job, left a place I already knew for a place I didn't know & I was excited for what was to come but, obviously scared for what my future would look like. Luckily for me this move was honestly very easy! I believe that's because I have Amy (my sister) & Will (my brother in law) a built in support system that I knew would be there for me. The first couple of weeks were a bit rough & once again filled with lots of calls to my Mom & friends asking "what am I going to do?" It's quite scary to not know what your next job will be, where you will live, who your friends will be etc...

My new home, Boston!

I was lucky & got a job pretty quickly after moving to Boston, figured out my living situation & met some friends. I could see Boston quickly becoming a place I called home. I am not going to lie & say I loved it right off the bat because I honestly didn't. Boston is one of those places a lot of people move to for school, for a new career or people grew up here. I had a hard time meeting people even though there are young people all around & I sometimes felt like running back to DC. But I stuck it out & have lived here for over a year! I have some really good friends, a nice apartment, a job & exciting things to come. This year I look at Valentines Day with appreciation for my family, friends & all of the opportunities I have had to explore who I am.

Although I might not have all the answers right now or know what my next chapter is-- I do know who I want to be, where I want to go & the people I want to surround myself with. This my dear is all part of your 20's & 5 years into it I have come this far. I hope you all have a great Valentines Day filled with lots of love.

XO,

Emily