My name is Hailey Lightfield and I’m going through a quarter life crisis. After turning 29 in October 2024, I’ve been struggling with thinking about how little I feel I’ve accomplished in life. So I started this website. About a week before my birthday, on a random weekday I paid to have this web domain started so I can share my journey of all the things I want to accomplish before my twenties are over. I feel like I wasted so much time and I don’t know what to do or where to go from here but I’m excited to saddle up and take on this new adventure. Hopefully with minimal tears. I have spent a lot of time in my life trying to be what everyone else wanted me to be. I tried to be the perfect daughter, the reliable sister, the protector of all those I love and although I don’t regret any of it I don’t know what I am outside of doing for others. This years birthday switched something on in my brain. The urgency that has always been in the back of mind since I turned 18 was now a full force alarm that I couldn’t ignore. What am I doing with my life? Where am I going in the future? What is the point of life in general? Spiraling into my own pity party of despair and self-loathing, I decided for once I’m going to take initiative and stop letting fear of failure control me. So here is an online diary for those who feel like me. Wanting more out of life but not sure how to get it. You’re not alone. So here you can relax knowing that I’m being completely vulnerable and that the feelings you’re feeling are so common.
This blog is about finding myself, figuring out my actual goals, and just trying to make the most of life with what little time we have. I will be documenting all of my experiences this year until I turn 30. After that, we’ll just see how it goes. I want to give myself a year to be cringey, daring, and just flat out have fun without the fear of failure or consequences (Don’t worry I wont be committing any crimes or anything; this is for fun, not felonies lol). Follow along if you’re interested, if not move along. I will not be offended in the least. I’m just a girl taking a chance to maybe change her life. Or maybe not but I’ll never know unless I try.