Hi there! My name is Hannah, and welcome to my new blog, “Taking Flight!” I am not new to the blogosphere (check out my old Tumblr), but I thought it might be good to start fresh. There seems to be a lot of that going on in my life as of late, but more on that later. First, allow me to share a little bit about myself:
I’m a 22 year-old recent graduate of The Florida State University (Go Noles!), and I’m currently living in Tallahassee, Florida. While my degree is in History, I somehow found myself working for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in the communications office (I wonder who manages that beautiful website).
I enjoy my job, and it’s taught me a lot of valuable information that will be useful when I buy my first home, a new car, life insurance, and all that other grown-upy stuff that I get to do now. However, this is merely a stepping stone to bigger and better things. Since I work full time for the State of Florida, I will have the wonderful benefit of earning my Master’s for virtually nothing. That’s right. Nothing. Nada. Zippo. Don’t ask me what area of study I want to earn my Master’s in, though. I can’t answer that one just yet.
My hobbies include crafting, reading, cooking, writing, entertaining, hanging out with friends, spending time with my gigantor boyfriend Matt (seriously… he’s 6’8”), and traveling. The last one is only when I can afford it, though. If anyone has any tips for poor people traveling, send them my way. Please, and thank you. I am also a huge movie buff, and I absolutely ELL-OH-VEE-EE (love) rooting for the Seminoles and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Currently I am living in a friend’s house while she is traversing the continental United States in her RV (lucky retired people), but this past weekend I put down a security deposit on a new apartment: 750 square feet to make a haven for myself. Seriously, I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to not having to live out of boxes. I’m very much excited to slowly build a home for myself piece by piece. Thank goodness I have a pretty eclectic taste and a knack for Do It Yourself projects. An empty apartment to furnish and decorate is a crafter’s best dream (…or worst nightmare?).
“So what’s the purpose of this blog,” you ask? Well, I’m not quite sure yet. I can tell you this: my muse will be the struggles and joys of adjusting to the real world. Other young adults just getting out of college will understand me when I say the transition is hard. Moving from the bubble of college to the harsh realities of the real world ain’t easy. I have already learned from many mistakes, and I expect to make many more. But that’s what this chapter of our lives is all about.
As a wonderful woman and one of my role models, Eleanor Roosevelt, once said: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
Sometimes I feel just like a baby bird taking flight and leaving the nest for the first time (see what I did there?). All it takes is a little faith and a little courage to spread your wings and fly. It’s my turn to do the things I think cannot do. I expect many tears and frustrations, along with much laughter and many happy memories over the next year. I am thankful to have the love and support of friends and family; people to nudge me along as I find my way in the world, and I look forward to helping my friends who are on their own journeys do the same.
So, friends. It’s time to take flight. Join me?
-HV
Taking Flight 