Another day a New Year

I always get a bit scared thinking about the concept of New Years, on one side it's extremely exciting to get a chance to do new things and better yourself, on the other it's scary; I'll be losing a lot of good things I had going and getting new scary things thrown at me. I can remember good memories from this past year and things to come in this new one and I'm afraid of losing them. Memories are obviously already in the past but to think that time is gone forever kind of sucks. But then the new things are like not seeing people as often. I can remember one New Year that I cried when I thought of how I really won't see josh or Jake much any more. And it's the same now; Jake's going to Austria and if I don't see him in the next few months, which as funny as it sounds is sort of likely, I won't see him for nine whole months. That's such a long time, imagine it, a baby could be born in that time. I could grow a huge ass beard if I were able to grow a full beard. My hair could be to my shoulders nearly. We will look different and probably be a bit different from the last time we talked, but that’s the difference between family and friends, because Jake and I will always be close, no matter the time or change in interests. I like that. I wish I could create it with more people.

A few goals of the New Year:
-Meet new people
-Get friends at college
-Write a Children’s book
-Practice guitar and get good
-Exercise and get/stay fit
-Make it to every class on time
-Go camping at least twice
-Do what feels right
-Rob a bank
-Join clubs at school
-Go hiking at least ten times during the summer (one of which is part of the Pacific Crest Trail)
-Read a minimum of 24 books this year
-Bike a lot
-LEAD A MORE EXCITING LIFE!!!

It's just my thing to get super attached to a song when I hear it and love it, and although I don't want to kill a song, I think this song fits the mood perfectly.

There are places I’ll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

"In my life"- The Beatles (lyrics by JL)