Hello, everyone and Happy Holidays!!! I can’t believe that this year has flown by so fast, it seems like yesterday that we were ushering in 2011 and now, 2012 is quickly approaching, bringing with it a whole new year of opportunities, new experiences, and memories waiting to be made.
Looking back on 2011, it was one of the most eventful years of my life. It was a year of much happiness, personal growth, difficult decisions, and unforgettable experiences that will leave 2011 as one of the most influential, but one of the happiest years of my life.
In 2011, I…
-Learned to love the adrenaline high of an early morning run
-Made life-changing decisions
-Laughed until I cried more times than I can count
-Cried until I laughed
-Experienced homesickness more intense than anything I could have imagined
-Stepped in to ballet slippers for the first time in 10 years
-Took the path less traveled
-Danced the night away
-Traveled to new countries
-Made new friends
-Felt like an island
-Checked things off my bucket list
-Cried in the middle of an airport
-Experienced the wonders of sunrise on a mountaintop and whitewater rafting in summer
-Turned dreams in to reality
-Reconnected with old friends
-Wanted something so desperately that it hurt
-Found joy in complete solitude
-Played the teacher and the student
-Had multiple epiphanies
-Reaffirmed my passions
-Discovered hidden treasures in the alleyways of Taipei
-Learned to let go
-Felt loved
-Took control of my destiny
-Went against convention
-Took down my protective walls
-Found a window when doors were shut
-Questioned myself
-Trusted my instinct
-Dreamed about the possibilities
In short, I lived more, felt more, and experienced more this year than any other year…and I hope to keep on living in 2012 
