Diamonds, Pearls and Problems

Heeeeey, It's ya girl Ab! Soooo, you may have thought I fell of the face of the earth. Luckily, I didn't. I'm here and I'm present. Life has been like in the title...Crazy. It's been crazy busy, crazy cool, crazy fun, crazy emotional, and just plain crazy. I have been doing good, and celebrated my 19th birthday! Yeah, forgot to post about how much fun that was. I have had such a great summer. How's your summer been!? I'm hoping it hasn't flown by as fast as mine has. I have no idea where summer has gone, maybe it ran away to a tropical destination and has no intention of coming back, if that's the case, I guess I'm cool with that because honestly, same. Soooo, as I'm writing this I am packing my bags and boxes to leave for one of life's biggest adventures yet. University. Not going to lie, I am lost within the chaos of packing, calling friends and family, getting all the last minute stuff put together, and well, trying to remember to bre...

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am an extroverted, happy-go-lucky kind of person. I strive to see the best in people, and make the best out of a negative circumstance. I'm consistently trying to make an effort to help others in any way I can. I've never been someone to find the negative aspect in something, rather smile and hope for something brighter to be the outcome. Being this way, however, can become difficult very quickly. About a year or so ago, I started to feel different, it was like a sudden wave of doubt, anxiety, and worry washed over me. I began to smile less, and care less even. I lost a lot of the past friendships I had made, went through a heartbreak, and watched my future plans crumble before me. I began to loose sleep, wake up feeling more exhausted than I did before I went to sleep, and got to the point of not being able to complete simple tasks such as cleaning the house, or doing a load of laundry. I felt as though my whole world lost meaning, and there w...