with the new year, i knew that i had to let go of the past and to stop torturing myself with constant thoughts of it all but also realized it would not be easy. it has not been. and with that, i have reached a point in my life where i can feel the changes coming and going from every angle. mid-way through sophomore year of university isn’t a bad time to really put some thought into my future, but not how it has always been, an idea, a thought, because now, the future is standing right in front of me, staring me dead in the eye, wondering what i will make of it.