WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, ADD VODKA.

The past week has been quite the stressful one for both Greg and I. I found myself trying to talk him into a better mood, reminding him of the things that we are very fortunate to have and the supportive people that we are surrounded by, only to sit back and realize that I need to remind myself of these things, too. I think that it's so easy to explain this to someone else but somehow we tend to forget to apply it to our own daily lives.

Although it's tough to realize it at the time, every time that something unfortunate has come along, I've figured it out. We all do! I feel like I need to tattoo it on my forehead so that I don't forget. "You'll figure it out". Sometimes it may not be easy and most times it's not exactly what we want but it's life. Nothing is the end of the world. Well, unless it's actually the end of the world, I guess.

At the end of the day, I'm in a healthy relationship with someone who I love to the moon and back, I have a supportive family, great friends, a fluffy kitty, a roof over my head, a job, and a future that holds great things. Some days, especially a few this past week, my future and goals seem overwhelming and impossible to reach. They aren't and I know that, but it feels like it. I've found that the easiest way to get over that feeling is to make lists. Make lists of goals that you want to reach in different periods of time. I started lists for one year from now, five years, ten years, and twenty years. If you break it up, it's not nearly as overwhelming. It almost becomes exciting.

I only have one major goal for the next year and that is getting accepted into law school. At first, my overly-ambitious self thought that I needed to have more goals on that list. Then I realized that it's okay to only have that one because A) I need to work harder than I've ever worked to make it happen, and B) that one goal will help shape the entire rest of my life. Now that I defined my goal for the next year, I have a spot on my To-Do list for every day with one item that'll help me achieve that goal. Bada-bing! Now calm down, breathe, and get to work, Ady.