I can't really say why everybody wishes they were somewhere else,

but in the end the only steps that matter are the ones you take all by yourself.

I am proud of me. And for the first time in my entire life, I don't need anyone else to be. This has been the worst, most amazing, most substantial learning experience I could have ever experienced, and I wouldn't trade it to be anywhere else. I am going to soak up every last minute of my time here, and I am going to take with me the self-certainty I deserve.

The men in my life...

You had nothing to do with it. I am where I am because of the steps I took to get here. Maybe I'll never know who I am, maybe no one CAN ever know that, but of this I am certain: who I am is strong, determined, passionate. It took an entire year of looking, and only one night to make this entire year make sense.