Happy New Year!!
I hope everyone had a great holiday season and are ready to take on 2014 head first.
2014. It's weird every time I realize that is 2014. Just four years ago, I remember feeling the same feeling. 2010 seemed weird because it always seemed like a year that didn't exist and was just a year that wouldn't come anytime soon. That's 2014 has felt like the last four years. I think it feels that way because it doesn't seem like I should be graduating from college this year. Yes, I knew that these four years would absolutely fly, but this quickly? I still remember moving in freshmen year. That was the beginning of something crazy. When I started college, I didn't realize how much I would change in just a few years. I didn't realize how many more people would come into my life and how many would leave. I didn't realize I'd be ready to move across the country to chase my dreams, but I am.
Enough about graduation and May 2014, we'll save that post for five months from now.
Last year, I told myself, 2013 was going to be my year. I know, I know, a lot of people say that at the beginning of the year, but I truly meant it. Let's just do a quick recap:
January- I went to Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (my first time farther west than New York) and started my internship at GEM
February- I accepted that I needed help for what's been wrong with me for so many years
March- I went to California for the first time and submitted my application to the Academy for an internship
April- I found out I got selected as a finalist for that internship with the Academy
May- I started interning at Charter TV3 again and filmed graduation at Quinnipiac
June- I found out I got the internship with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
July- I moved to California for the internship and worked at Shark Tank and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
August- I worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live and the Arsenio Hall Show and I turned 21 and went to Disneyland
September- I moved back East and started my senior year of college, had my first kiss, started dating Steve
October- got recognized by the dean of communications for my internship and had an interview about my internship for a student spotlight article
November- enjoyed a stress free Thanksgiving and just spending time with friends
December- finished the semester with a 3.4, enjoyed Christmas seeing all my immediate family in two days, and more bonding with my cousins than I can remember.
These aren't all the great the things that happened this year, these are just a few. This year, I found out what true happiness, what it means to believe in yourself, and what it means to feel worth something. 2013 gave me a new perspective, a new outlook on many things, including on to live my life. Take risks because you never know what will happen. Don't underestimate what you can do (but don't overestimate it either.. no arrogance). 2013 is by far the best year of my life so far.
2014, well, my resolution isn't too change because I love who I am right now. I'm not saying I won't change, there are some big things happening this year. I won't purposely change. My goal for this year is to make it even better than last year, that's going to be a hard one to beat.
Here's to 2014 and the roller coaster I'm about to board as I enter my last semester of college and go onto the next chapter in my life.
peace.love.happiness.
