What Gossip Girl Taught Me!

Hey there my lovely readers,

Today is an important day. It is the day I finally finished Gossip Girl. It was months of long days and long nights and wanting to know how it would end. Then in the middle of the series, my friend kind of ruined it for me and told me who gossip girl was. I was like no, how?? It was impossible. Why would she do this to me, it upset me, but not for long. Obviously, I couldn't stop watching I had to find out if she was lying and how it would end. Surprisingly, I flew through the first two seasons in less than a week, then it took months to get through the next two seasons finally I just watched the last two seasons in roughly two days. Six seasons is a lot to watch, so as you can imagine I put a lot of time into this show. To most people Gossip Girl is just a show, which is quite normal. To those of you who don't know the show, it is a show about a fictional blog that goes into detail about the life of Manhattan's elite. You must be wondering how a show about the Upper East Side of New York could teach anything to a girl like me, a girl from Wisconsin, but it did. To me this show was definitely more than just a show, I mean, I am glad for that, since I put so much time into it. You are probably still confused as to what this show can teach me or do for me, or trying to guess in your head. It definitely became my favorite show. Now to get to the point of this post and not make it longer than it needs to be. Every time I watched this show it felt like it took over my life because it took over my days, it was so addicting and it made me feel like when I was watching I accomplished nothing else. I don't know if you guys know, but I had planned that after graduating college I would move to New York and go to graduate school there. We will see what happens with that. When I first started watching the show I thought I would just get an inside into New York and get to watch a good show, which I definitely did. It definitely does intrigue me and probably why after so many years of wanting to go, I am finally going to New York this year. As I mentioned the show is centered on a blog which is something that I really want to thrive at. Watching the show gave me pointers on what I want and don't want in a blog. I am still learning and have a lot to learn, but I have an idea about what kind of blogger I want to be. I want to be a journalist/blogger/writer all in one so I have a lot to work on. I know I have a lot of work to do and in that way I can to relate to one of the main characters in Gossip Girl, Dan. I don't want to ruin anything about the show because it is definitely worth watching and I think that whoever reads this should go watch the show as soon as you are done reading this. I think the show taught me something about every aspect of life; family, love, friendships, school, education, even finances and even helped me learn about things that I might want in life and so much more. The main thing that Gossip Girl taught me is, that it gave me inspiration to be successful! All the characters in the show go through so much that you have to watch to even begin to comprehend, but at the end of the day they all kept trying until they reached their goals. I have been very goal oriented and ambitious my entire life, but I never really went through extremely tough times until now and the show just helped give me the motivation to never give up no matter how hard things get. I am a girl from Wisconsin, who is not privileged and has never even been to New York, but I somehow relate to every character in this show in one or another and that is hard to do, specially considering how many people take part in this show. Even just watching the show gave me something to look forward to. If you want to possibly learn some new things or just watch a really great show I definitely recommend this show. Gossip Girl is educational, interesting, and very entertaining! I know this is just my opinion, and you might feel different or maybe even have the opposite opinion. If you have ever watched Gossip Girl I would love to hear your opinions on the show and if you haven't, I would love to hear why you would or would not watch it. As Gossip Girl would say...
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I'll write again soon.
Have a magical day!

Finally Found the Happiness I Was Missing!

Hello there my lovely readers,

WOW! It has definitely been quite a while since I last wrote. So unfortunately, I have not been very good at keeping my word of updating this more often. It's okay though, I am learning to not dwell on the negatives. I mean as a whole I am a pretty optimistic person. It is almost August, that is crazy! That means it has been about four months since I last wrote. So much has changed in that time. I just reread that my last update post and was like wow, so much has changed. I figured I would update this since I haven't in so long. Maybe I still have some loyal readers who check up on me from time to time. Well once again, like I did in that one post I will broadly update you in most aspects of my life. It is crazy how much has changed since I last wrote. Let me start.

Let me start with my number one, first and foremost...God! Though I don't go to church as much as I would like to I obviously put God as my number one guide. He has been good to me for the last 21 years and especially in the last few months. I thank him every day for helping guide me in the right direction. Amen.

Family. A very important priority in my life. This aspect of my life has been pretty great. We are closer than ever. When it comes to my parents it is nice to have them around. They have been really supportive. It's like we have a different kind of relationship. Being an adult and having a good relationship with your parents is definitely a great thing. I am not saying things are perfect, far from it, but it's been great having family time. My sister and I are still closer than ever. Growing up has done us well. It just sucks since she got a new job and since she works third shift, I don't see her as often. My other "sister" Charlotte, we are also closer than ever and helping each other reach our goals and dreams. My cousin and I are closer than ever and getting to be her daughter's god mother is definitely an honor. My family ties have never been stronger.

Education. Which, as we all know is my number one priority. It was interesting to read my last post and see where I was. Well you'll be happy to know that I did fairly well on my online classes and finished the semester strong. Making the decision  about where to go to school was very difficult, but I have decided. :) The school I have chosen is....drum roll please...UW Oshkosh! It is my dream school, where I started college, and where my heart is. It was a hard decision to leave Milwaukee, but I know I made the right choice. I am pretty excited to have classes on campus again and just be back to where it all started. I know that this year I will work harder than ever before and for the remainder of my college career. I hope that the rest of my college career is successful. It is a good feeling knowing I have people who support me.

Love. If I have any readers still out there, I am sure you are curious about this aspect of my life. Well I am happy to announce that I am single, and have never been happier. Cory and I broke up as things weren't working out. It is okay though, we are still friends and we are better off apart. It was pretty obvious that it was a long shot. It may have taken me a while to realize, but I was unhappy and needed to let go. I am firm believer in things happen for a reason, so I know it was the right thing. After our break up, I decided that I was not going to look for love or anything involving a relationship and that I would just focus on myself. Ironically, a couple months ago a guy came into my life who has been nothing short of a blessing. I consider it faith, since I had just decided to focus on myself. I mean I am always up for meeting new people and friends, so when he first came into my life I just said, hey a new friend. I would have never imagined that it would turn into something else. I mean as I mentioned I am single so we are not in an exclusive relationship, yet, but he definitely has changed my life for the better and has brought me the happiness I was missing. His name is Anthony and he makes me feel some type of way. I am just feel lucky and blessed to have him in my life. We don't know what the future holds for us, but in the short time we have known each other, he has made a huge impact on my life. We'll see where our relationship goes. ;) I have to admit, I really like him! We have had the most amazing dates I have ever experienced. I will keep you guys updated.

Travel. I have to add this as a section. I have discovered that aside from writing, traveling is my other passion. I want to travel the world. This year alone I have been in Florida, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, soon to be twice ;) and hoping to go to New York for New Year's Eve. I am so excited! I went to Puerto Rico in May with my sister Charlotte for the first time in four years and now going with my family next month. It is the first time all four of us go since 1998 when we moved to Milwaukee. You have no idea how excited I am! I decided that by the time I am 30 I want to have gone to every state in the United States including Alaska and Hawaii, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, and I recently added Costa Rica [Anthony is from Costa Rica ;) ]. I have to work hard to accomplish that.

Writing and Blogging. They may be at the end of the list, but we all know it's my passion. I know over the last couple years I have not been an avid blogger, but I want to change that. I am planning on starting a new blog, but will still try to update this one as much as possible. I am still a journalism major and am excited to finally get to get more into my major. I really want to incorporate blogging into my daily life more than ever before. Thank you for all the support.

Friends. Things have been pretty great. I don't see my friends as much as I would like since we are all pretty busy, but we are pretty good about staying in touch. I did see my best friend Nana and her beautiful daughter. I haven't seem them recently, but I hope that changes soon. My best from high school and I have gotten pretty close again. Friend department is going pretty great.

Work. My job has been pretty great. I am very lucky that I get to keep my job even after I go back to Oshkosh. A lot of changes have happened over the last few months and it is an honor to have been a part of them. I really like my job and I learn so much every day. I am grateful for my job.

Health. I got health insurance!!! Thank you God. I have been going to the doctor and finally taking care of myself. I am trying to change my lifestyle and I want to be healthy and take care of myself so this is another blessing I have received lately. So far so good. It's a slow start, but I will get there.

Well, that is basically every aspect of my life. It is just a little broad update, but there it is. I haven't been this happy in a long time and I am just grateful. God is good and I know even the bad things in my life will work out. Stay positive my loves. If you have any questions or suggestions as always please let me know. :)

Have a magical day!