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Here's to a New Exciting Chapter

Exciting news! I moved out to my very own apartment! Yes you heard that right I am living on my very own all by myself.

I knew I wanted to move out this year but was planning to do it over summer when  I am on summer break (teacher perks) but you know sometimes God has a different plan. About a month ago my mom and I were on our way to a shopping mall and I have always admired these apartments that are on the way. All of a sudden my mom goes do you want to stop and go look at them. I said sure why not and we took a tour. Well my mom and I got into the car after and looked at each other and I just said it's the one. I really like it. The next day I went back and looked for the exact apartment I wanted and applied for the apartment. About 3 days later I got notified the apartment was mine! Like what?? This was extremely unexpected. Was I ready for this?

I think sometimes we get scared to take a leap of faith. We hesitate, we doubt, we retract back to our comfort zone and go through the what ifs. But sometimes God presents you with new adventures that you just have to trust God and get yourself out of that comfort zone. How else are you supposed to grow if you don't get out of your comfort zone every once in a while.

So here I am..

Its been about a week and its been the adventure of figuring out the structure of my new life. I have had moments of okay I can't get this item open and usually I would go ask someone but I had to sit there and work a little bit longer to get it open. So far I have been able to. I have had moments where I want to pinch myself because to be honest I never really dreamed of this day. I had no idea 10 years ago that I would be able to be so independent that I have my dream career and am now living on my own. I am just blown away by how crazy my God is and how I am so happy I serve such a beautiful God that is there through the ups and downs of life but knows the desires of my heart and gets me there. I have also had moments where I have to figure out how to cook and how to be able to cook something on my own. I posted this video the other day showing how I cook pasta and I am going to show how I do certain things in later posts
So here's to a new chapter my fellow readers and here's to more blog posts about the beauty of being independent with CP

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