Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

This post is 19 days late, but I have an explantation for my lateness. I have been busy; I know it is vague, but it is true. I wouldn't have written this post but it is 5:30 am and I check my phone to see that I have an unread text that was sent at 23:36 from an acquaintance of mine wishing me a Happy New Year. Of course my initial reaction was that it is the middle of January so the year is no longer new, but after giving it some thought, I figured that what is new is relative. And thus I am waiting until when it will be a socially acceptable time to reply to the text. In the meantime, I have three options; to read Jostein Gaardner's Sophie's World, to watch back to back episodes of 90210 or to write a blog post. I go with the blog post, because it is 2014, and I haven't published anything yet. I have so many drafts that I am yet to publish because lately I have been extra cautious about what I publish online, so hopefully this one will get published.

So 2013 is over and I can't help but feel excited. For one, I am the type of person who gets super excited about new things, and a new year is no exception. Secondly, 2013 was a hard year for me, so when the curtains closed on it, I was on top of the world. I don't want to go to details but 2013 was a year that was full of faking smiles, pain that I totally refused to feel and had my time full of activities - I read, went to work and met with friends- all in effort to avoid feeling. But the thing with avoidance is that you reach a point where you can't do it anymore and that's when you have a breakdown. So 2013 was a cycle of avoidance and then a breakdown, and then being genuinely happy and then avoidance- you get the picture. Don't get me wrong, there were other things that 2013 brought with it, one being freedom. Freedom to be who I really I am and not apologizing about it, and the very vital financial freedom. 2013 was also the year that I got to build on my friendships and being a good person.

So with 2013 over and 2014 already here, I am excited about what the next 11 months have in store for me. This year, I take everyday as it comes and not waiting for a time when things will be better, because I realize that every now and then life begins again (yes, am quoting Breaking Benjamin). But here is a more serious quote that will guarantee that you have a kick ass year;

    Last year I abstained
    this year I devour
    without guilt
    which is also an art
      -Margaret Atwood

The title of this post is from the song Closing Time by Semisonic.