Jeana not Gina

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is our perspective about ourselves. It feels like so much of our life is overrun by what others think we should do and what others think is better for us, which so negatively effects how we view ourselves.  Even as a child and teen in school you compare your grades, outfits, and a fake popularity that is paraded around like without it you'll never become anything. Then as we become adults it becomes even worse. As soon as we graduate high school there is pressure on what we will study and when we will graduate. There is pressure on when you'll get married and have kids. There is even pressure on how much money we make and how many vacations we go on versus the next person. When I was in my senior year of high school I had this plan to graduate and go off to college, play soccer, get my degree in four years, and then go start a family.  Absolutely NONE of this has happened the way I have wanted it to. My sen...

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is living my life without regrets. I know I'm only 24 (almost 25), but as I continue to g ro w through life I want to make sure that as I look back I can happily say I have no regrets . Now I don't want this to mean I was an idiot. You can live without regrets while being smart about it, at least I think you can.  When I was 12 I went to Girls Camp in Utah. Now this was my first year going and I had no idea what to expect. Because of the location, there were so many fun activities we were able to participate in. We had snipe hunting, the flying squirrel, hiking, and rappelling. Now those who know me, know I am TERRIFIED of heights. So when it came to be my wards turn to go rappelling I was nervous but excited to try this new thing. I went up with my ward and my dad to do this new and exciting activity, but as it got closer to my turn I just couldn't commit. I looked at my dad and used the excuse of "...