Funny, the older one gets, the different perspective one has about New Years. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who decided that New Years Eve was just another excuse to party and get loaded beyond belief. Sure, I made those silly resolutions that no one sticks to beyond a week after making them, but this New Year in particular seems different.
I'm in my late forties and I have done the New Years "parties" with my mom and aunts and uncles for most of my married life; those have been the best New Years gatherings, and I would have never done anything different. We host New Years Eve every year now that we've been in our house; which is year number six. Even back in my party days, I was a family person, but in getting older, family is the most important thing in our lives, and both Jeff and I take family time even more serious than before; especially given his illness.
The 'new path' I speak of is about changing careers at this time in my life; by this time next year, I will be where I want to be in my new writing career. I accept nothing less, because I have finally discovered that I'm a writer, and I do not fit anywhere else. This is nothing negative, just a fact, and I'm finished with going no where in working for other people and their lives; I'm in charge of my own life and there is no reason why I can't go and live my dream - and I will finally live it!
So Happy New Year everyone; my advice to all of you is the same - go find that new path and do what you have to do to get what you want out of life!
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