These last few weeks of summer have been busy. I've been getting ready for my first year of college; organizing, packing, spending last moments with friends, and deciding who I want to {be}. I've been working on my {be} goal for over a year now and I am a totally different person. I am confident in who I am, my decisions, my appearance, and my dreams. It has been pretty easy to be positive when I am in a comfortable place in my life...living at home and being around family and friends that care about me so much.

This is where it may get tough...

Since I am going to college, I am going to be by myself. I won't have my family around me all of the time...I need to make the decisions each morning to be a happy and confident person. I need to be my own cheeleader.

Actually, that doesn't seem tough at all...

Because I deserve it.

And knowing that will get me up every morning...to live, to smile, to {be}