Announcement - Full Circle

They say a journey is one big circle.
You set out a fool, meeting all sorts of folks, learning all you can about life... then you grow a bit too much. You fail. You fall. You hit your lowest point. All the people you met aren't there anymore. All the lessons you've learned don't apply down here. It's just you. You and everything that makes you, you.
It bothers you for a while. "I worked so hard, did so much, and this is what happened? This is the end? Is this all there is to it? To life?"
Here, the path diverges. Do you fight your way out, back to the beginning, leaving all behind, and start again? Set out and learn a new set of lessons? Or do you hold on to everything you gained in your journey, and make a home for yourself in the lessons you've learned already?
I really couldn't tell you. No, really. This metaphor got more convoluted the more I talked, and by the end, even I was confused.
Anywho.
I started singing on RUclips a few years ago, and some of my first songs were from KamiNomi, a series I still really like. I look back on those covers fondly as some of the first lyrics I ever wrote- some I'm still kinda' proud of. They gave me the confidence to go on, writing them proved to me I could really do this. I don't think I'd be here without them.
This song, Secrets of the Goddess, has been one of my favorite songs for the past 7 years. I held off on covering it all this time because I was always afraid I could never do it justice. I didn't have the singing ability, or even just someone to mix something that big. But now I do. And now I have.
May 26th is my 21st birthday. I've never been the kind of person to make a big deal out of stuff like that, but I think the me of the future would appreciate it. Something to look back on as a marker, that this was they day I completed my "circle" back. Back to the beginning.
I know my "journey" isn't over. I've still got a lot of improving to do, and there's a lot to learn! But I'm happy at how far I've come, and I'm happy where I am now. So I want to celebrate that by doing something just for me. I hope you'll excuse my selfishness, just this once.
It's been an amazing 7 years, singing on RUclips. I don't know if I have another 7 in me. But as long as I'm here, I hope you'll still listen! I can't thank you all enough for everything up to now. Let's look toward the future together!
-Akane