Fabulous seventeen

<p>Like every other teenager, every new year is a whole lot of expectations and dreams ( well, you see a thing girl must dream). The whole idea ( I hope I speak for other growing teenagers) of a new age is to celebrate with family and friends ( most especially) and sharing of gifts. Right!</p> <p>But hold up, sometime ago, someone asked me a question. He said &ldquo; How do you feel now that your birthday is approaching?&rdquo;. A question that had me thinking. How do I really feel?. He also said &ldquo;once you celebrate your 18th&nbsp;birthday, you will have a sense of accomplishment&quot;.</p> <p>As a young growing teenager, I always want to be seen as someone successful and fulfilled. Then again, I told myself I can&rsquo;t wait to be 18 to feel accomplished. Right! But the question is&nbsp;;what can I do to feel accomplished?. Yes&nbsp;,I am growing, yeah&nbsp;,I&rsquo;m seventeen. But do I really feel accomplished?.</p> <p>Now I looked back to my teenage years&nbsp;; from my 13th year till now&nbsp;. I now realize that being accomplished isn&rsquo;t about the latest phones&nbsp;, clothes&nbsp;and every other fashion accessories. Being accomplished isn&rsquo;t about the cars I have, the cars I drive or the cars I owned. It isn&rsquo;t about the hair I make, the school I attend and the house I live in. No it isn&rsquo;t about that&nbsp;!</p> <p>According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, accomplishment is proficient as the result of practice or training in a particular field. Then this got me thinking, what area of life projects my proficiency?. What can I do confidently without being scared. What can I do on my own without being told to do?. Lastly, what have I gotten out of the things that I can confidently do?.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@euniceoreoluwaoni/fabulous-seventeen-bdad2fe9c89c">Website</a></p>