Retrospection one

It's Christmas time again already. I can't believe what's happened this year. I'm going to be honest and say: there are a number of things I would've done differently. But I can't change my past. That has been one of the most important lessons I've learned.

I've changed and I like it.

"I guess that's what happens in the end, you start thinking about the beginning."

-Anonymous

A lot of things have changed since this time last year. I'm grateful. Its something I can't explain and it wouldn't make any sense if I tried to tell someone how I got to this point. A person would not think the road I just stepped off of, chapter I just ended, would lead to this state of mind.

I'm no longer sticking to the main roads that are now becoming unfamiliar to me;

I'm exploring the wilderness. I'm not confined to the bound pages of books anymore; I'm

writing on anything that'll get my thoughts in smudges of ink down.

I'm looking forward to this new season because it's only just started. I'm interested in seeing what I'll find and what will happen.

Questions

I have questions.

How do you know when you've found the One for you?
Do you know right away?
At what point in the relationship does a person fall in love and not just have a crush on this person anymore?

These questions have been on my mind. I hope someone shares his answers.

Aspirations...

I've been thinking a lot about college lately. I want to do so many things with my life, I don't know where to start. Lemme try:

I want to be a Christian psychologist.
--A Christian psychologist. Sounds strange, right? Almost like the two words shouldn't be together. But I'm gonna make it work. I'm sure of it because I won't let anything stop me.
I want to travel.
I want to play my guitar and sing at random coffee shops and restaurants.
I want to get married.
I want to publish my writing.
I want to learn how to dance.
--Lyrical, ballroom, or something like that. Something graceful.

That's all I can think of right now... Goodness. How am I going to achieve all of this?

I've been looking at a lot of colleges, too. Here are the ones I like so far in no particular order:

Belhaven
Auburn
UT Chattanooga
Rhodes
Appalachian State

A little about myself.

Hello.
I'm Samantha.

I believe in God. My passion is music. I love to write and act. I want to be a psychologist. I want to learn how to sew and get painting lessons. I also want to travel when I get out of college and play my guitar at random restaurants and coffee shops. You know, the whole "see the world" deal.

I'm not really sure why I started this blog. I hope to blog about questions I have and random thoughts. I've started a few other blogs on other sites, but they never went anywhere because I didn't update them enough or forgot about them. So I'm trying again. Attemp #5.

Here I go.