The End of A Year

 Looking back, this year seems to have passed like a haze. It feels like it was over before it even began. And now another year will soon begin.

The end of a year does not change much. People go on living the same way, the world keeps spinning, and winter continues on. In truth, it is little more than the changing of a number on our calendars.  

However, the new year takes on significance because of what it represents. It is the end of something, and the beginning of something new. It can be exciting, invigorating. I know for myself I have really gotten into it in the past, setting many grand goals to make sure my next year would be my best year.

This year things feel a bit different. Not in a bad way, but the changing of the year doesn't feel as significant as it may have in the past. I still have goals, just a few simple ones. For a long time I have been trying to change so much about my life, this year I am going to focus more on acceptance. 

And why should I confine change to the moment that one year changes to the next? I can choose to make changes in my life at any point during the year.

I still feel the excitement of a new year and the promise of new memories and accomplishments. But to me this day does not feel like a momentous moment in the story of my life, and it doesn't have to be. It can just be a day, not all that different from any other.