Celebrating with the Birthday Boy

Making Mistakes

Go ahead and read the title of my blog. Read it again. Notice anything wrong? Surprise! "Unperfect" is actually not even a word. Yikes... I think I was going for "Imperfect" BUT here's where I have struck gold: my blog title is Perfectly Unperfect, and while yes, I messed up by using a nonexistent word... it just further proves my point in that - I'm NOT perfect. I make mistakes. We all do. Mistakes are what make us who we are, and some mistakes turn out to be amazing in their own ways. For example, here are 5 awesome accidental discoveries:

1. Penicillin
2. Microwaves (WHAT WOULD LIFE BE WITHOUT THEM!?)
3. Velcro 
4. Coca-cola 
5. aaaaand last but not least - Viagra? haha

So point is, forgive yourself when you make mistakes because we all do it, it's inevitable, and it's what makes you, youuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Ah crap, that just got cheesy but.... cheesy is my middle name. OK no it's LouAnn, but you get the point.

Holidays

Christmas is right around the corner, and I am super stoked! However, it turns out that the holidays aren't exactly the same when you go to college for some people. A lot of parents pull the "you're an adult now you don't get any more presents this year" which is a valid point, HOWEVER, us college students are broke, stressed, and sometimes want to feel like kids again, so I see no harm in still giving college kids gifts at Christmas. Maybe just one or two meaningful things that we could really use! After college, well then, yes I assume you've officially entered adult hood, but then you can participate in gift exchanges and other fun ways to celebrate the season. However, presents or no presents it's important to remember the real occasion worth celebrating: Jesus' birthday. During Advent, we are called to really take the time to strengthen our relationship with God and iron out any kinks, but I think this time is more difficult than any other time to do that because of the millions of added distractions. Finals, Christmas parties, catching up with friends, working extra holiday hours, etc. really take up a lot of time, and it seems nearly impossible to maintain our relationship with God, let alone build upon it. However, it is not impossible if you look for God in everything surrounding you. Christmas is the season for hustle and bustle, but it is also the season of giving. If you keep an eye out, you will see Christ working just as hard as you are in making this a great holiday season. So, celebrate with family and friends, but don't forget to celebrate with the birthday boy! After all, he is your very best friend! 

Learning to Be Happily Single

Some of you might completely disregard this because well, you're not single, so this section of this week's blog post is dedicated to my fellow single readers! Speaking of the holiday season, now more than ever, it's annoying to be single. There are so many fun "couple" things to do this time of year: ice skating, Festival of Lights, Christmas tree decorating, and shopping, etc., so it's hard to truly feel happy being single right now when it feels like couples may be taking over the earth (I swear they're EVERYWHERE). But I think that being single is really such a great treasure that everyone, including myself, takes for granite sometimes. Being single, you have no one else to define you. You are left to define yourself, and it is in the single life when you can really discover who you are. Too many people who are in relationships find themselves "stuck" more or less without room to grow as an individual. (not saying all relationships are like this but quite a few). Another great thing about being single is you don't have to spend the extra money buying your significant other a gift. Use the money you would be spending, and buy yourself a little something nice because hello, you're awesome, and you deserve it. If you can learn to be completely happy single, you will become the best version of yourself - not reliant on anyone else to be happy, more in control of your emotions, and doing things for yourself, no one else. Again, there are too many couples out there who place almost their entire happiness in a single person, so unfortunately when that source is taken away, they feel like they have nothing. Be proud to be single, and focus on making yourself happy because when you are your happiest single self, you will find the right guy or girl who you won't NEED to rely on. Being independent is so attractive because you have your own life together and clearly are doing just fine. At that point, a relationship can be a healthy bonus to your life as opposed to every source of happiness. WERK IT SINGLES WERK IT. 

Here's a fun picture sent from my favorite single friend, Elizabeth :)

That's all I have for this post, but I wish all of my readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I'll be in Florida all next week (don't be too jealous :) ), so I won't be posting for a little while. Until next time....

Stay Classy,
Megan LouAnn