This year I had a very low-key Christmas with my family. It was relaxing to both the mind and body. To escape the chaos of school, work, and community service for a couple of weeks is any college student's dream, I would think.
I was never big on celebrating the holidays because it had never been a "special" thing to me. I get the good feeling when spending time with friends and family, but there isn't that added Christmas bonus, or the new year buzz. This might make me a square, but I try not to be. I put effort in finding what people saw in this time of year, the joys and the happiness but I can't help but focus more on the depression, on the loneliness and absences of things. I see 2010 not as a new beginning but as a deadline, a deadline to get what has been bottling up over the course of the year out of my system, off of my chest, clear off of my slate.
To be honest, this feeling truly does suck. For those who know me well enough, I'm rarely (if at all) ever quiet or "depressed". But it's not because I'm dreading over how 2009 was horrid, it wasn't. 2009 was when I was at my best. I've accomplished so much and learned so much about my own self and being that is has certainly exceeded my expectations when I vowed to make it better than 2008. I guess I'm caught in the empty feeling that I could've done more with my year. I could've done better in school, I could've kept up with existing friendships, I could've gotten the guy I've been crushing on, I could've done more with myself.
It's weird.
I wish I had the answer myself.
In other words, I really wish hope everyone has a great ending to your year. I rarely rant, but I hope this hasn't really put anyone in a down mood, haha. I sincerely wish that you find new goals and new motivation in the new year, and just know that 2010 hasn't happened yet. Just remind yourself of this by using tomorrow as a guide.
With much love.