First Blog Post of 2024 & Updates

Hey there, angels!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season with their family and friends, along with a great start to the new year! I certainly had a restful winter break filled with drives down PCH, dinners with friends, and lots of shopping in sunny California. As much as I love having no school/homework, I couldn’t wait to return to Dallas and undergo SMU recruitment! It’s safe to say I had the most amazing experience, and I couldn’t be more honored and blessed to be a new member of Pi Beta Phi!

I can already tell that this year will be a good one. Going into the new year, I decided to take after one of my biggest role models ever (Sadie Robertson) and choose a word that will set the tone for 2024. After much prayer and reflection on what I learned in 2023, I decided on the word surrender. 

Surrendering looks different to everyone, but for me, surrendering means to lay down my anxiety, fear, doubts, and control and give it all to God. To be completely transparent with you all, my plans for 2024 were drastically different than the ones I had even less than 5 months ago. Since September, my life has changed a lot, and if you know me, you know how much I struggle with change and the things I cannot control. But I can honestly tell you that I have never felt so at peace with myself and in awe of what God has planned for me. I learned that when I surrender to God, my life transforms into something better than I could have ever imagined. I feel psychically lighter now that the burden of my anxiety no longer weighs me down. I cannot express enough the joy I feel knowing that God is in charge of the plan for my life and I am not. Because His plans are so, so much better than anything I could come up with myself. 

I tell you this to encourage you to join me in surrending this year. Let go of everything that is not serving you and chase after God. He will provide you with everything you need and more! And if you feel inclined to, decide on a word of the year that will challenge you to push yourself and go after your goals. Let 2024 be the year of spontaneity, adventure, and new beginnings. 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. — Proverbs 3:5 NIV