Plateau

Plateau: 

a state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress

I was at lunch yesterday with one of my best friends and we were discussing our lives, future plans and past endeavors. And while we both tried to be positive and explain what we were both feeling, and what some of those around us who we are close to were also feeling, she hit on it. We're both stuck, waiting, on a flat part of life, on a plateau. We're between relationships, just chugging along in school, and although they made this new announcement of the change in missionary age for LDS girls, we were are both close enough to 21 that although this is a change, it wasn't like it changed that much for us. So we discussed this plateau we're on, and discussed how sooner or later, it's going to change, but we just were bored with this pause. And then we discussed what could bring about the change and new experiences we're craving, and how we'd miss this time that we had freedom and choices where our worlds revolved around us. 

So we made a promise.

We're going to enjoy this plateau. 

And make the most of this time. And enjoy being single. And enjoy looking ahead to decisions. And dreaming. And have fun. And make this plateau something we remember fondly, rather than wishing we had done more. So we'll enjoy this time of not being a child anymore, and not quite being thrown into the adult world quite yet, and having our little BYU-I bubble.