Everyone,
It's the end of the year. In half an hour, it will be 2020. So I wanted to give you my final thoughts for this decade. Wow.
In this decade, I've gone from a child to a young woman, from innocent to wiser, from naive to world-weary. I've learned about how corrupted the world is. I've cried, laughed, made and lost friends, loved, hated and everything in between.
This year, I've had drama. I've made mistakes. I regret some things, but I've learned.
So:
I'm not perfect. Neither are my friends, parents, sister. But maybe thats okay. I can be myself without being judged. I have time to figure out who I am and what I want, and not knowing now, that's fine too.
I have wanted many things this decade. Some of them I've gotten, most I haven't, but I have been proud of myself a lot. I won the music award in grade 6. I started flute and oboe. I passed grade 4 on the flute. I started Bassoon. Tried like ten sports. Got a new dog. Made new friends. I have learned to cook.
I don't think I could ever learn as much again as I have this decade. So goodbye and thank you to 2010 - 2019. I will miss you. This change in year seems like a goodbye to childhood, and sometimes I wish I could go back and change the past. But I can't. So I'm learning now and forever to accept that.
I feel wise for my age. Despite people telling me that I'm too young to know anything, I think I do. Because there are children who know more than adults. Whenever did we decide that age = experience + wisdom?
The world, it is dangerous, it is the sun. And I have touched the sun, been burned to a cinder. But maybe a cinder can change the world. My version of the butterfly effect.
Reflect on the decade with fondness. Go change the world. I'll be here if I'm needed, for any of you.
Happy new year,
Elle xoxo