Twenty Six

Oh twenty six, hello. Looking at the number, it looks older and it’s on the other side of the mid-20's, closer to 30, but I still feel the same. Deep down I know I’m getting older and I’m growing, growing all the way up.

I was recently in the car having chat with my dad and he said, 

“It’s your birthday soon, Ces”

And I replied, “Yep”

“How old will you be?”, he asked.

“26”, I said.

He replied saying, “Ooh.”

He said to me that this year is about my personal and financial development, and that I have to make sure that my future is secure. I was like “wow dad, good advice”. And he’s right. 

My dad always wants me to be my best and do my best. That is what he has told me ever since I was a little girl. It was always, “be the best that you can be”, “do the best that you can”, and that is what I’m trying to do.

I used to not like making mistakes and I’ve really had to learn to embrace them and be okay with falling, sometimes flat on my face. I’ve made a lot of mistakes and my dad would tell me that it’s okay. He reminds me that I’m not perfect and I’m going to continue making mistakes because that’s part of life and it is how we learn. How we move forward and the attitude we choose to have is what matters. 

This year is about growth and development, and also knowing what I deserve. I’m the type of person who wants the best for everyone. I want everyone to be okay, and it’s time for me to want that for myself, because I deserve good things too. I know my worth, and what I always want for other people should be just as important and preached about for me as well.

I’m so happy to be here, to have this life and have the opportunity to live it to the fullest. I know a lot of the time when it’s someone’s birthday, they say “uh, getting old”, and yes it’s true but I feel it’s a blessing to be getting older. A lot of people don’t make it to 26, 27 and so on. 

Every year and every day should be celebrated. The good moments, the sad moments and the moments where you question what you’re doing in life. 

I am focused on my personal growth and just being the best human being, daughter, sister, aunty, friend and colleague I can be. 

I don’t have time for drama and anything that is just pure nonsense. I’m getting too old for all that. If it’s not going to fulfil me or positively impact my life, then I don’t need it.

26 laps around the sun, and I am so incredibly grateful.