moments of impact: 2012.

This list is a small compilation of moments of impact that happened this year. I tried to write all of them out, but ended up deciding on a few that meant the most to me.

• Became a legal adult :)
• Had the perfect 18th birthday weekend with my best friend
• Pierced my ears for the first time
• Organized an FBLA activity for a region of 100+ high-school students
• Started this blog
• Took runner-up as a Business Sterling Scholar with a close friend
• Went to my fourth and final FBLA State Competition & became the 2012 "Who's Who in FBLA"
• Developed senior-itis
• Went solo to my senior prom
• Performed in my last dance recital with my first solo and a senior trio
• Graduated with the Class of 2012 :)
• Went to FBLA Nationals for a final time in San Antonio
• Visited the town of Blanding for Wheeler's mission farewell
• Spent my last bits of a carefree summer with my favorite people
• Started packing for college (Dixie State in St. George)
• Moved into my apartment; scared out of my mind
• Got my first official job
• Started my first semester of college
• Made a couple new friends
• Lost a couple of friends
• Realized the true meaning of "home"
• Developed a stronger relationship with my parents
• Got my ears pierced for a second time
• Worked for 35+ hours for three weeks straight with a full class schedule
• Quit my job
• Started thinking about transferring schools for next fall
• Made it through finals week
• Came home for the holidays
• Hung out with friends and family; almost made it seem like I never left
• Had a hilarious Christmas cause no one knows what to get each other anymore; which made us all laugh
• Visited my best friend for the first time since August
• Submitted an application to Utah Valley University

time flies.

Remember the good 'ol days when we always said, I can't wait to grow up? Seems like just yesterday there was not a care in the world besides when we would get to play with our best friends again or what toys we were getting for Christmas. If only we had known what growing up was really like, we might not have been so eager to be a big girl/boy.

At least for me, the time to grow up and live on my own always seemed so far off in the distance. However, once it started getting closer, the reality of having to move on hit me when I finally realized I was not as ready to grow up as I always thought. Regardless, continuing on through change and challenges is inevitable and part of human nature. As I have made the adjustment to move away from my family, my small hometown, and the friends who carried me through everything, I have realized one important thing. Time is unstoppable.

"Time is free, but it is priceless. You can not own it, but you can use it. You can not keep it, but you can spend it. & once you have lost it you can never get it back."

The most important thing is how you spend your time, and fill as much time as possible with memories that are unforgettable. Everyone always wants to know how to make time slow down or how to stop aging. & I have found that the secret to these questions is to simply live in every moment. Age is only a number, and one only becomes old when they stop acting like they are young. Seeing as we are nearing the time to make new year's resolutions, this is mine: to stop worrying so much about the past, and to stop pondering for so long over the future. Because time flies way too fast to not stop and simply enjoy today.