I turned 24 years old this year. I'm married with a child and still haven't received any degrees. I still haven't started my dream job. I don't own a house, but I live in a apartment. I don't have the dream car with the lowest payments possible. I'm not even in the dream body I want. I started to think why I was so hard on myself. Then I started to realize that I planted this seed in my mind to be perfect since I was freshman in high school.
When I was in high school, I was told daily how much I sucked. I was never skinny enough, even though I wore a size 10. I was always busty and curvy and I was always picked on what I looked like. My hair was never straight enough. I was never pretty enough. I hated my high school years. Many of those years I was depressed and I hate myself. When I graduated, I still hated myself. I got in crappy relationships with men. I thought it would help me feel a void. Finally when I was 20 years I met the love of my life, Robert.
Many people judged us for us to be in love at such an early age. It took me a very long time to realize that some things are not worth you stressing out. I'm happy with my husband and my daughter. I will graduate in 2014/2015, but at least I will graduate with a bachelor degree. I may not have my dream job, but I haven't stop looking for it. One day I will have a house and a pretty decent car. Well if I want that dream body, I have to start working out for it. We can all complain about what we don't have, but it's great to acknowledge what you do have.
Peace & Love, Brittany
Brittany Stringfield Logan is the writer and creator of The Lows and Woes of a Natural Girl she's into all things nerdy including Star Wars, Star Trek, Comic Books, and Graphic Novels. She is currently featured on Black Girl Nerd's BGN Girl series and co-hosts the weekly BGN podcast.
