San Diego, I love you.

Life is about changes, we all know that.  As a person we are constantly changing and our environment is constantly changing.  As we grow older we experience many people, places, and situations that causes us to learn, grow, and change.

A month ago, it felt like CHANGE hit me SMACK in the face.  I had just graduated college, took my boards, and seven of my best friends all moved away from San Diego in just a few short months.  I was forced to find new roomates on craigslist, something a year ago I would never in my right mind see myself doing.  It felt as if all of my friends were moving away to start a new adventure in life while I was stuck in San Diego doing the same ol' thing living with two people that I didn't know.

After sulking for a week, okay maybe two.  I went to the beach and took some time to really think about my life and where it was going.  I told myself that I could either let this change get to me or I could stop feeling sorry for myself and make the best of it.  Why couldn't me staying in San Diego be a new adventure in my life?  I realized it could be, and it would be.  After talking to my new 'craigslist' roomate Haley she told me, that it is not about a change in location, it is what you make of your life.  I decided from that point on I was going to make San Diego my home and my new adventure.

I have never enjoyed San Diego so much in my life. Yes, maybe that is because I am currently on 'summer vacation' waiting to start my new job so I have all the time in the world to explore but the time has been absolutely amazing.  I have been filling my days with things that I want to be doing and people that I want to be around.  I have been doing many things by myself, and have been okay with that.  Thanks to a summer camp in highschool and Sam & Glenn I took up surfing which I couldn't be happier about.  I went out by myself at sunset last night and it was breathtaking.  Being surrounded by other surfers, watching the beautiful san diego sunset, and being submerged in the ocean water is an experience I will never give up.

I have been testing my boundaries and comfort zone.  I purposefully have been putting myself in situations that I normally wouldn't put myself in.  I have been forming stronger relationships with friends and really learning more about myself.  Yes, I am still doing many of the same things I used to be doing but I am learning to find joy in every single one of those things.  Because, even though its the same place, the same environment, or the same people it is a different experience and a different moment.

I am truly blessed to be living in such a beautiful city.  Growing up having lived in Berkeley, Minnesota, Irvine, and Santa Cruz, I couldn't be happier to call San Diego my permanent home.