07. July

I cannot believe that July has ended. 2025, you need to slow down…

I love July. It’s my birthday month and a few of my friends, and so many other peoples’ around the world too, so happy birthday if you celebrate one in July!

Birthday celebrations were nice and wholesome, pretty chill for the most part but these days that’s exactly what I aim for. Family, friends, laughter, and good times. That’s all I wanted and I certainly got that.

I turned 27 and as much as I like to joke about still being in my early 20s, I know damn well that I’m now in what people call “late 20s”, and I am so good with it. What a blessing it is to be getting older.

When I take the time to reflect about the last year of my life, it’s interesting. 26 for me was challenging, but I feel like I’m coming into myself as a woman and I’m mastering quiet confidence, the kind that doesn’t need outside validation. I don’t really say much as it is and I can be very to myself, but now getting getting older and wiser, I know what I want and I’m not settling for anything less.

People say that once they reach their 30s they care less about what others think and stop sweating the small stuff, and I feel like I’ve already reached that point. Still working on the first bit about caring what people think, but I definitely have stopped sweating the small stuff, because I’ve realised in my 20s not only how precious life is, but how valuable every single day is. I don’t want to spend my f**king time on negativity and on things that truly don’t matter.

It’s gotten to the point where now if something happens and it was unexpected or it made me feel some type of way, it’s like then what?… I’ll be okay and I’ll keep it moving, and I know this because I’ve done it and I continue to do it.

There are things that I can’t stop and I can’t control, and truthfully that’s been difficult for me to accept, but it’s life and people are going to do what they’re going to do and I can’t control them. Life is too short, and I don’t want to spend so many of my precious days worrying about what other people think or have to say about the decisions I make. The time that I put into worrying is time that I need to be putting into building myself.

I encourage you to do the same and build yourself. We get one life. This isn’t a dress rehearsal, there are no do overs; this is it.