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19 and Still Figuring It Out
<blockquote style="text-align: justify; ">This is 19 (A Series) </blockquote><p style="text-align: justify; ">The last year of my teenage years and me, standing in the middle.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Just trying to figure my way out.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">I waited so long for this.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The feeling of growing up, becoming something, someone.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">I thought 19 would feel powerful.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But now that it’s here, I just want to go back.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">It’s been three months already, but they feel like three years.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Each day tugging at my shoulders with more questions than answers.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Time is moving so fast, and yet I’m still trying to catch up.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">And in all this, I want to turn 6 again.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Carefree and cheerful with no concern for emails.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But as the weights drop, I see her: me.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Shining, not because she has everything figured,
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">But because she’s still showing up, still dreaming.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Still trying.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">I can see it. I can feel it.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">The version of me I’m becoming. Even if it’s slow and hard.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Just a little longer.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">A little while.
</p><p style="text-align: justify; ">Because growing up doesn’t happen all at once. It takes time. </p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">*********************************************</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>This post is the first in my 19 Years Series: A monthly reflection on the things I’m learning, unlearning, and building at 19.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Each month, I’ll share a reflection and the small (but powerful) ways that 19 is shaping me.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>So here’s to month one. And to learning out loud.
</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">***********</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; ">PS: What’s one thing you wish you had learned or unlearned earlier in life? </p><p style="text-align: justify; "><br></p><p>
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19 and Still Figuring It Out
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