the final three

Yeah, I didn’t keep very well with this, obviously. Today would be 31 if you are counting…

Day 28 - A moment you remember being completely happy in and a description of why you believe you were. What is your definition of happiness
Did you really expect a straight-forward answer for my own definition of happiness? Heh. Earlier today I was walking down the street with the sun shining down and the wind blowing through my hair and fresh air—or what felt close to it, anyway—taking up room in my lungs. For a split second, I felt no worry, no fear, no longing, no pain, no guilt—and I believe that was the first time in so long where I did not feel like I was hurting anyone or making anyone sad. Is that happiness? Let’s say it is. Why not?

Day 29 - What you live for
As cliché as this is, I live to learn. My brain wants to keep learning new things and fill itself up with knowledge, however meaningless or trivial or what have you. I never want to stop learning.

Day 30 - Ways you believe you have grown over the past thirty days
This sounds so freaking self-righteous, but I will be honest: In keeping with Day 29, I think I have finally taken a step in a different (and maybe not necessarily correct) direction to make positive changes in my life. It feels as though I have been living the way I assumed others wanted me to live, and not living for myself. It is going to be one of the biggest challenges I have ever faced—and I flit between being really excited and freaking out—but while I have a lot to lose, the benefits of sticking with it will prove far greater than whatever losses I might encounter. (I hope.)