Fresh New Start

I hope everyone had a wonderful beginning to 2015. I know I certainly did.

Hit up NYC with my friend Marissa. We went to Matty's place in Brooklyn and then hit up his sister's apartment a little ways down the road. It was such a blast. So many new wonderful people we met. I got to meet Matt's sisters... terrifying yet also amazing. (Come on it's always a little scary meeting the new man's fam)

I was so excited because not only did Kate have a beautiful apartment and kick ass party spread... her apartment's roof looked out over the city! So we rang in 2015 from there, popping bottles of champagne, lighting sparklers, and watching the fireworks over Brooklyn and the Statue of Liberty. It was so heartwarming to be there with all those wonderful people, sharing the start of something new.

You always start off a new year hopeful that things will be better than the year before. Most of the time thinking they obviously can't get worse right? I plan on making this year better, and actively engaging in making the best of it.

 Here's what I'm looking forward to accepting/accomplishing for 2015:

• I will be happy in the place I work.
• I will be who I am, no matter the flaws, because that's what makes me perfect.
• I will help others who feel alone in this battle with depression.
• I will make my story heard.
• I will turn my struggles into my strength.
• I will fight harder for those who never got the chance to be heard.

2014 was a pretty intense and gratifying year. I learned. I loved. I lost. I won. As each day went by, my vision of the future became clearer, which is especially nice as I always lived in the past. I found people who I could share my story with. A way to use my pain as a source of knowledge to those who do not understand the plight. I have met people this year who have given me the strength to try. The feeling that I am making a difference in a way I never would have imagined.

I am thankful for you 2014, but we are done. Now it’s time to start anew, but you’ll always be a big part of my life.