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annaosgoodby

Taking life one stepping stone at a time

Member since May 7, 2008
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I'm Anna Osgoodby and I'm a junior at University of Oregon. I'm from a small town in Washington that most have never heard of, but I will always call it home. I'd say I've always been success driven, and I live by, "good is good but could be better". I've never known exactly what I want in life and been more undecided at the same time. I guess I'm caught in that awkward stage of life when you finally realize things don't always work out as you had originally planned. Sometimes I feel like life gets to be too much to handle, but somehow I manage to squeeze by through the cracks. I've been known for trying to grow up a little too fast at times, but lately I've decided I don't ever want to grow up. I have found that mistakes are easier forgiven when we are young and naive and therefore I'm staying young forever. I'm a strong believer that everything happens for a reason and even when you don't understand the reasoning, somehow, in the the end everything works out. I'm still figuring out myself, and where I stand in this world. I've realized that as this point in my life I'm really unsure about a lot of things. I do have an unusual amount of curiosity though and I'm always trying to learn as much about this world as I can. That is the beautiful thing about this time, because it really is all about finding yourself. If you have ever seen my planner, you would know I have an obsession with cramming as much as possible into a day. I've been involved with a few more committees than I should have this year and taken a little too many hard classes but I like a challenge more than anything. I believe that nothing is unreachable and that everyone has the potential to change the world just few actually tap into that asset. I am definitely going to make sure that I am one of the few, and am going to make a difference. I've forgiven when I probably shouldn't have and I've held on and loved people when I knew it was wrong. I have had a really hard time letting go of the past and am still healing. I am finally learning to smile though, because I know that I deserve to. I realize that there is no use in worrying about the things that we cannot change. At one point I thought that I might have had a pretty good definition of love, but events to follow only left me wondering if it really even exists. I would like to hope that it does, but until I'm confident I'm going to continue to keep my heart guarded. As frustrating and confusing as life can get it is important to understand it is all what you make of it. Although I may be unsure of a lot of things in my life, there are some that I am sure of. I am sure that I am grounded within my faith, and that God is always guiding me through my life. I know that I have the most incredible mom that I couldn't possibly think about living without and the best of friends that I can always count on to be there for me for that random 2 a.m. call. Right now I'm just a girl trying to break down my own barriers and find out what is really important to me