- Kat
Growing Up - original song about growth, transition, & moving on
Lyrics:
It feels like yesterday since I graduated middle school,
and wrote that song for all my friends.
Flew to the Philippines I got my shirts from in 2019,
before closure came and beginnings had to end.
When did moving on feel so hard
When you’re clinging to what’s near yet so far?
I’m growing up and I’m going down
I’m reaching high, & I’m leaving town
I don’t know what I’m doing.
So many highs, so many lows,
So many cries & joy shadows
But I know that I’m growing
I’m growing up.
2020 brought me back home with walls, inescapable
The next 2 years, the world showed me that I’m capable
With Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand flights
The best place I flew to was towards my own light.
I’m growing up and I’m going down
I’m reaching high, & I’m leaving town
I don’t know what I’m doing.
So many highs, so many lows,
So many cries & joy shadows
But I know that I’m growing
I’m growing up.
I’m closer than i’ve ever been to my passions
but uncertainty slowly creeps in…
I stop and turn to their attacks holding me back
and say to myself I am so much more than that.
I’m growing up and I’m going down
I’m reaching high, & I’m leaving town
I don’t know what I’m doing.
So many highs, so many lows,
So many cries & joy shadows
But I know that I’m growing
I’m growing up!
Lo and behold my last project of this blog (for now!): Growing Up. My self-celebratory craft through song and video all in one. A coming of age visual piece encapsulating a myriad of precious personal clips: some from my first day born on Earth, some of my first steps I’ve walked, some places I have walked on, and some of the high and low spaces I have been in. From songwriting, producing, recording, organizing, to editing, every stage to create this personal initiative was made with love.
What has your journey of growing and growing up been like? Are you liking the person who you are becoming?
Remember to savor each and every moment. Because you never know how fast they can fly by.
And always remember who you are, before the world told you who you should become.
Just as I am evolving and transforming into the person I am now, I continue to celebrate my aliveness with this next chapter of my life: graduate school at the University of San Francisco. I know that graduate school will be a rigorous feat, so I am taking a hiatus from this blog to better focus on my forthcoming education.
During undergrad, blogging was my outlet that was complementary to academics, especially over the pandemic. Now that I am advancing towards the doctoral level of in-person school, and I know that I will be incredibly busy, may this song and video act as a last hurrah of my current creative pursuits.
Because as mentioned, I am now closer than I have ever been to my passions. :)
This is not a goodbye; it’s a see you later for now. I’m excited to be returning on here when the time permits, whether that be during these next 5 years or after graduating.
Graduate school, here we come. Here’s to growing up. :)
As always, sending much love and light to all! I will see you all very soon!
Lastly, feel free to be following me on my instagram if you want to see my journey as a USF graduate student: