I’m 27
It’s official, I’m 27. Actually I have been 27 for a day but as always I’m a little late updating things here (and to be honest I still have to adjust some pages here and there now that I’m a little older..).
My birthday was great, I spend the day with my family and friends and had some good cake and received some really nice presents.
It doesn’t feel very different though to be a little older. It doesn’t feel different from 2 days ago when I was still 26, but I can say that I’ve grown the past year as a person. I’m more my own person than I was last year and I feel that I’ve grown stronger emotionally and feel comfortable in my own skin. Even more so than I did a year ago. Not that I was trying to be any different than I am or didn’t feel comfortable before but looking back I can see I changed in more than one way. I’m no longer that little girl that tries to sugar coat things and draw little attention to herself. I’ve become more the opposite, I voice my opinion and I’m not afraid to share my thoughts or ideas if I think it’s needed (although not necessarily wanted).
It may sound as a surprise to some that I’ve done such a 180 over the past year or so but it isn’t really such a surprise. I’ve finally become the person that I’ve always been but never wanted to share anymore after the ‘primary school ordeal’. If you pull out some old photos from me you can see I was always someone who was different, stood out in a crowd by clothes or things I said or did, but when my class mates started bullying me for reasons only little kids would know I toned myself down and tried to be less noticeable. The only reason for that was self-protection, if I drew little attention to myself people would leave me alone, or so I thought. But over the past few years starting in my college years I realised I don’t have to hide myself or tone myself down for others. I am who I am and if anyone doesn’t like that they can leave (and don’t let the door hit you on the way out).
I’ve actually noticed that people appreciate it more (well some anyway 
) if you’re straight to the point and voice your opinions clearly without making it sound nicer. So, I’m glad to say I’m a year older, wiser and finally coming to my senses again
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I felt just like this when I turned 18. I was just in total…eh… I don’t feel different. But I can kind of see how I am changing. Especially when it comes to my relationship with my boyfriend. I can see how immature I may have acted before, but now it seems that I’ve been slowly growing up and maturing. During a major fight with him, I sat there and thought about how I used to react, and it seemed so different.
It’s funny how small things, such as a birthday, change of location, and just generally life changes so quickly.
I just looked back on what I used to be interested in, compared to now, it’s surprising how some of those ‘fads’ are completely irrelevant in my life now.