I don't know about you, but I'm feeling twenty-twoooOOOo..

Tomorrow is my 22nd birthday. It's been an interesting year - but there has a lot of growth and maturing - which is what all adults do eventually right? *UGH that word - adult*. I love that story of when you're with a child and they need an adult - and you realise that you're the adult!


Highlights of the past 365 days

• Purchasing my first car
• Hiking 6 hours on Christmas Eve
• Renovating Drew's bedroom
• Riding a Horse
• Seeing Wills and Kate
• Cooking Gnocchi (and pretty perfectly if I do say so myself)

What I'm looking forward to doing within the next 365 days of 22-ness! So in no particular order:

• Flatting!
• Travel to Greece or Canada or Tokoyo!
• Being more independent
• Learn how to bake something, gracefully and skilfully
• Participating in the Colour Run
• Having a marriage, not just getting married
• Going to Disneyland
• Be a more confident designer
• Going to the South Island of New Zealand.

What else should I have on my list? Do you have any suggestions?

Matthew 6:1

“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven."

Matthew 6:1

The things I do, I don't do for you; or you; or you. You may not understand the choices that I make or the actions that I take - that's because they weren't assigned to you: but for me and my purpose on this Earth. That is not an excuse either for my actions, for at the end of the day we aren't judged by man, but by God. 

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Everyone fits in somewhere - here or there, but once we find our little cosy corner, it's natural to want to give and serve and sow into the church. And that's where I find myself now. 

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Something big is happening at the end of this month...

It was decided about a month ago, that my Mum and Brother are moving to Australia!!!!

It's a scary thought for me, knowing that I won't have my Mum around to help me and tell me what to do, but the sliver lining is that I have more independence. Even though I'm 21, Mum has always kept a close eye on me - still doing those 'Where are you going?', 'Who are you going with ?', 'What time are you going to be home?', keeping me accountable I guess - plus still living at home, she still dictated a lot of my life. Not in a controlling way, just in the 'I'm the Mum, I'm the boss' way.

Mum asked me if I wanted to travel across the ditch with them, but honestly, I don't find that there is anything over there for me. Sure, the cost of living isn't high as NZ, but I would be leaving my friends, family, church and Drew. Sure you can meet new people and make new friends - but I've known a lot of these people for 5+ years - and they are the glue to who I am. Leaving them is not something I'm willing to do easily!

So what that means for me here, I've had to find a new home and a permanent job (currently I'm contracted). I'm fine on the home front - even though for timing I have to move twice - but I can't wait! The plan is to move to where I am currently for about a month or so, until I move with some good friends from church. What I'm looking forward to the most, is having more creativity with my space and letting my style free of the confines of my bedroom. Me and Mum's styling is quite polar opposites! She's the more simple, clean, refined - where I like… mixing modern and vintage, showcasing what I have in an organized clutter? Is that even a way to describe something? Ain't that an oxymoron!

If you have any style advice for my new room, or any words of encourage for when my family's left me behind…  leave me a comment below, I'd  greatly appreciate it!