self evaluation

There comes a time in everyone's life where you have to take a step back and examine yourself from the inside out (mentally, of course) and make sure you are still the person you want to be - that your surroundings or outside influences haven't molded you into something you simply don't recognize anymore. I like to consider it 'grounding' myself when I feel that I may be in a situation where things are out of control, out of my hands, or just overpowering me emotionally and physically. This can be in regards to my career, friendships, exercise goals, or just a plain-old bad day.

I assume this is something that celebrities have to deal with on a daily basis - with the constant pressures of the media, society, and all the while trying to live their own life and staying true to what they believe in. Of course my life pressures may be on a minor scale, but they are still pressures. Pressures to be successful, to one day start a family (which, in turn, brings on a whole new set of pressures), to be a good friend to friends who are just as good to me, or to maintain my weight and stay in shape. Some of these pressures are self-inflicted and others are placed on me by people around me looking out for my best interest, for the most part anyway.

I can only hope that I've done the best I can to stay true to what I believe and, at the young age of 27, establish who I am and what I want from life.

Geesh. So many things to do, so little time...