Thoughts in the new year...

It's taken me a little longer to pull the thoughts I was referring to here together, but as we're approaching February 2022 with alarming speed (time really no longer works as a construct), this seems like a good time to put pen to paper, so to speak.

As much as things have gotten back to normal, the question becomes what does normal look like now? It's funny to look back at 2019 as if it just happened yesterday, but there's a certain kind of clarity to the fact that that was over two years ago as well. As dark as things have gotten, there's still a bit of hope left in the world - or is that just change in the air? I can't help thinking it might be both.

This has gotten way more vague than I intended, but the spirit remains the same. I'd like to think I've taken what the last few years have given me and been able to figure out what that means for the future (whether that be short term or long term). I have to figure out what really makes me happy, and strive towards that. I think that's the only real way to be successful anymore - because if you aren't happy, then what exactly are you?