Free spirit. Old soul. Kooky. Carefree. Bizarre. As I have aged into my late 20s, I have grown to accept and even embrace these adjectives that have been used to describe me.
Those old cliche terms “yolo” and “life is short” resonate with me as I write this, because in all reality, it’s true. I don’t want to look back on my life in 40 years knowing I was attempting to be something I’m not.
I have spent so much time trying not to stand out; the effort I have put in trying to be “normal” has become exhausting and overrated.
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