My life has reached a full quarter. What a ridiculous notion. Forgive me, I do not wish to give a speech, or bore you all with a useless rant. I do wish to say a few words, even though I know that with today’s impatient souls a writer is at a disadvantage. Nonetheless, it comforts me that a lot of you might have already started scrolling past this. Better yet, a lot of you never even stopped to look. I am 25, and it has never been a more beautiful time to be alive. I thought