Back to School

This week I found myself back at school for the first time in years. I finally have my head on straight with a career in mind that I would both enjoy and that would pay me money (i.e. enough money) for doing it. I'm in a Digital Media program and so I will learn useful things such as programming for the web, using design software and directing audio and visual projects. Yeah, it's pretty awesome. I actually love going to class cause it feels very purposeful and relevant. That "I'm actually going to use this stuff in real life" mentality really works and goes a long way to make you pay attention in class.

This whole school thing actually makes me excited about this up coming year. Last year was a mixed bag, but I must be honest that looking back doesn't fill me rainbows and sunshine like some have (oh 2009, you were so terrific! Why did you only have to be 365 days long?). But now I have reason to change, reason to get out of bed in the morning and reason that 2013 will be one of the best years in my life.

People that know me well know that I have gone on record with the opinion of not being able to stand the New Year Holiday. This is because it is cold, tv sucks and I usually don't have anyone to spend it with when it comes around. I noticed that when last year was winding down, I didn't have that feeling of impending dread that comes with the assumption that this next crappy year is going to be just like the last crappy year. Maybe I had finally found my calling, or maybe I finally discovered the meaning of the New Year's Resolution.

Or maybe the meaning is in the words, "assumption." All this time I was assuming that each year would be the same. Hope in spite of assuming counts for nothing and everyone knows what assuming gets us. I was expecting each year to be basically the same as the last and I got exactly what I was looking for, the same thing. By having something to live for, I will find the great year that is coming to pass right now.

If you're dreading 2013, find something that will change your life so much as eliminate the slightest possibility that it will be the same as last year. I don't know what that might be, but you'll have to find that out for yourself anyway. If I tell you what it is, you'll never be inspired to do it.

Thanks for reading. I hope this hasn't been to "self-helpy" for you. If it has , yell at me in the comments section.