My Life...Starting Over!

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Sometimes all you need is a good excuse to start over. I see the beginning of a new year as an excellent opportunity to reboot. At least in an organizational sense. Every January I overhaul and gut my apartment. I archive files, get rid of accumulated junk and clean everything.

Aside from the practical aspect of this, there’s an emotional one. Sorting out things and making room for what’s to come is one of the ways I can begin again. A clean, organized apartment is my way of starting out a new year with a positive outlook and a clear head. All the detritus of the old year is gone and I am ready to handle the next twelve months.

Do I do spring cleaning? Yes. In fact I regularly overhaul different areas of my life throughout the year. But there’s something about the house, a place I spend much of my time—blogging, writing, processing photos, paying bills, reading—that seems to encapsulate life. It just feels right.

This now done, my mind is free to explore all the possibilities the next 365 days may have in store for me. I’ve cleared the way for my mind to wander.

What starts the new year right for you?

I’ve decided not to make any resolutions for 2009. I had some goals set for this year, but I’ve chosen not to look back at them. I know I did accomplish at least one: Start making ME happy, put ME first for once. I far surpassed that one. What I will promise myself is that in 2009 I will do what I need to do to be happy, and I will pursue those things that make me happy as if my life depended on it. Because it does. Life is about going for what you want, not just wishing for it.

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.

—William Bridges