A new year, and a look back…

So it appears that yet another transformation from December to January has snuck up on me. Seriously, the past couple of months have just gone by in one quick blur. It really feels to me like Thanksgiving was just a week or two ago, and now here we are just 10 days from my 20th birthday.

20. I specifically remember years back pondering about what turning 20 would be like, and looking forward to being able to distinguish myself from being a “teenager”. But now, the difference to me seems negligible, and in fact the approaching milestone in my life seems to be as terrifying as any I’ve faced up to this point as I have accomplished nothing aside from dropping out of college (though I still have myself convinced that I will go back) and becoming a spirited advocate of raising minimum wage, because it would give me a raise. Fortunately, I have a moral obligation to put things in perspective, which forces me to know that I have plenty of time to turn my life around. Unfortunately, it doesn’t feel that way.

Anyway, this year promises to offer some big changes in my life, which I will both welcome with open arms and a sense of apprehension. The old adage “the first day of the rest of my life” could be very appropriately applied to me, for this year really will be the first in what promises to be an interesting(if nothing else) life.