Happy Birthday Chrys!
Year 29
Final chapter of the worst decade ever!
I was born on Wednesday morning on October the 24th to a Montserration woman and a Haitian man. You have them to thank for my wonderful existence.
I consider this decade “the worst decade ever” for many reasons. One of the reasons is that every October during this decade has been one filled with birthday blues and thoughts of regret. Another reason is that a number of tragic and traumatic experiences have occurred during these years. I have faced many losses, as well as failures. I have been beaten down a great deal, especially during my graduate school journey. Yet somehow, despite the many times I wanted to give up, I have finally made it to the last leg of this decade.
It’s been a pretty depressing, overwhelming, and stressful month, but I wanted to do something different this year. I promised myself that I would start a blog for work, life, health, and school. I initially wanted to release this site sometime during August, then it was sometime during September. Finally, I decided for my birthday, I will publicize this site. I’ve faced enough disappointment this decade. I owe it to myself to not be the one to let myself down again.
I decided that instead of sulking all month, I would reflect and set goals for this final chapter of my 20s. You can find them below.
Be kind and patient with myself
Finish up graduate school
Explore more layers of my true self
Heal in all of the ways
Maintain my mental and physical health by all means necessary
Spend more time loving and cherishing those that love and cherish me
Just keep swimming and keeping my head above water