2015: A Dress Rehearsal

This year was definitely a BIG transition year for me. I started my first semester of high school, only eight more to go right?  It was a year that I am sure I will remember for the rest of my life, due to how hard I worked this past year. 2015 prepared me to catch whatever life throws at me in 2016 and run with it, even if there are a few curve balls in the mix.

I find the concept of the 'new year' very interesting. The whole 'new year, new me' phrase implies that each year you must change to become a better version of yourself than in the past years. That you have to learn from your mistakes just in time to correct them and become a 'new you', and that you need to change to be a better person in this new year. However, I am incredibly proud of my performance in 2015. I had rough patches where I doubted my abilities and felt like giving up, but that doesn't mean in this new year I am going to do everything in my ability to stop that. If you don't doubt yourself, you won't get anywhere.

So now I challenge you to go this year without becoming a 'new you'. Learn from your mistakes over and over again, not letting anyone in life tell you where you should or shouldn't be. Find a new hobby, develop a new passion, and put yourself out there so everyone can see that you don't need to be a changed person to have a successful year.

Here's one of my favorite albums that I have been listening to for the past few months, that has heavily motivated me musically. Even if I was trying to be a 'new me' this year, once a Beatles fan, always a Beatles fan.

"Back and Front of Abbey Road." Steve Hoffman Music Forums. XenForo, 11 Dec. 2011.  
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