BOOK REVIEW // AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF THOUGHTS.

After just a few days of reading it, I sadly finished reading #GIRLBOSS last night. I would've been happy if it'd gone on for a while, I was just starting to get the "Hell yeah, I'm a girl and I can do everything that I want to" feeling. If you are a rad girl and haven't already joined the slew of Instagrammers who post a photo of the cover of the book, I highly recommend you read it.

I am not usually one to be all, like "You go girl!" and whatnot. I don't feel like I need to be because, duh, we women can do almost anything. I know we are great listeners, multi-taskers, mothers, and I know that every single one of us can have a success story if we want it bad enough. But I'll be the first to admit that I sometimes need to ask my boyfriend to fix something around the house and I could never count the amount of times I had to ask my dad while I was growing up to get the nail polish bottle open. This doesn't make me any less of a #GIRLBOSS.

I've always done things differently than most. I usually know what I want and what I want normally takes me going the long way around to get there. I knew I wanted to go to art school. So I went to art school, only to realize three-quarters of the way through, although I love design, it wasn't for me. While finishing my degree, I became a manager at a local clothing store because I had always loved fashion and considered making that my future. I hired an amazing group of girls to complete a good sales team, I went on buying trips and got experience, but in the end, I also eliminated fashion from my career choices. These two possible career paths had one thing in common. I loved them and the second that it was something that I had to do all the time, I began to hate them. Yeah, I'm that person. Don't worry, you're not the first person to give me shit about it.

So, to make a long story a little bit shorter, I have decided to go with another career option that I've considered and go to law school. I know, big jump, and no, you're not the first person to give me shit about that either. But #GIRLBOSS explained my situation perfectly when Sophia says that every occupation, even business (yuck), uses creativity. Every single person on this Earth is creative, just in different ways. And guess what? Many of the things that I learned in art school are lessons that I apply to my daily life. Lessons that if I would've never been taught, would put me drastically behind where I am today. For example, can I apply the lessons that I learned while having my design piece up on the wall, being torn apart by my professor and peers, with experiences that I will someday have elsewhere? Absolutely. You have no idea what an overly sensitive baby I was before I had to sit there twice a week without bursting into tears while being attacked for the work that I stayed up half of the night to complete. So yeah, I emerged from college with a piece of paper that I'll probably never use, but also with much thicker skin. I'd consider my parent's money preeeetty well spent (they may beg to differ, good thing that they are extremely supportive anyway).

I am now studying for the LSAT and working at a law office with some of the greatest people that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, let alone spending 9-5 with. I have a supportive family and boyfriend, caring friends, financial stability, and I've learned to be at peace with every curve ball that's thrown at me, even the ones that I seem to throw to myself occasionally. I have a plan for my future that I will work my hardest to achieve. Everything feels right. Life is good. I'm a #GIRLBOSS.