23

I often think about where I'm going to be in the future.

I don't think I want to know (does anybody actually want to know how their life will end up?) but you know what I would like?

I want a photograph of myself in 10 years. I want a snapshot of 33-year-old Allyson, and I just want to look at her. I want to know if she looks happy, if she looks tired, if there are friends in the picture or she's all by herself. I want know her before I become her. To know what I'm working towards.

For now, I'll look at pictures of her at 23.