A Good Pace

New Years Part 1: Reflection

1. Wake up more on time
2. Fix my sleep schedule
3. Cook in more/eat out less
4. Exercise more
5. Read more
6. Work on another language
7. Get slapped

I did one of those, maybe two. I definitely overslept less, but i still don’t know if that is “on time” My sleep schedule is less sporadic which is good. I read more, exercised less. I learned a bit of Catalan, but not any arabic like I wanted and I definitely did not get slapped. So actually at second glance it wasn’t that bad.

This new years was definitely weirder than last years. So much has happened in the past year maybe that is more appropriate. Wow it has been a crazy year. It started off with an amazing trip to St. Louis, where I spent time with one of the most amazing people I ever met. And that’s how my 2011 began. I came home to learn some life changing news (in a more negative aspect) on the same day that I was leaving the country for 5 months. 

This was very bad at the time but it also gave me a chance to continue to focus on my future without any distractions and completely immerse myself in a an extremely rich culture and lifestyle. Spain and traveling in europe was amazing and the friends I made there become closer than even some of my best friends in the United States. By some miracle of luck, I had the amazing opportunity to work for a cause I am truly passionate about in Chicago with some of the most inspiring and driven comrades that I have had the pleasure of meeting (sorry I feel like my adjectives are becoming repetitive). 

This was only interrupted by even worse news from back home and there was a struggle for the rest of the summer. The semester back in Memphis just seemed bizarre after everything else that had happened. How could everything still be there after so many life changing experiences? Anyway this semester was trying to say the least, and although I learned a lot and achieved a lot, my heart wasn’t in my thesis and it is yet to be done. 

This brings me to my new years night. I went to a party with my best friend from home and his fiancé. I knew very few people there and they all seemed very clique-y…. like most things in clarksville i guess? Anyway everyone was coupled up and I just felt out of place and it was one of those things where you just know where you aren’t where you need to be. Sorry if this is such a weird post, it has been a while since I have just blogged for myself and not for others (so I guess just too bad if you don’t like it haha). So it was nice to be with my best friend but overall just weird.

This is an odd way to bring in the New Year, but when I look back at it, I can give it the sober and clear look and reverence that it deserves. Amazing and horrible and wonderful things happened this past year, such a strange mixture that I feel like this year will define my life more than others and next year will do so even more. 

Not to ramble too much, but I am extremely excited about what the future has to bring and politically and culturally this year will be a year of change that will be remembered as well. I know I already posted this video once but I think it demonstrates it well.

Happy New Year and many more.