If you’ve never had experience with mental illness, consider yourself lucky-however, you will have a difficult time understanding it. Explaining mental illness to someone who’s never experienced its effects is like explaining color to someone who was born blind. A little bit of vulnerability here: I have personal experience with mental illness. I have struggled with both anxiety and depression, and I will be the first to tell you that it is no walk in the park, and there’s no

"Now what?!" I think to myself after I finally make the biggest leap of my life. The first time I visited California was in 2010 with my sister, Shayna. I didn't realize at the time that the life I imagined at 20 would be completely different than the life I am living now... 2013 was a rough year to say the least. I've had many pity parties since then, but I will spare you the details. Just as I thought things were improving in 2014, the Universe had other plans. Turns out I