I must be one of the hundreds of transfers from Open Diary, which has now closed. It’s sad to see such a huge part of one’s life just pack up and close for business forever, but, in a way, it feels appropriate that it has reached its end. 2014 feels, in many ways, like a year of new beginnings. This will be my first full year in California. Two days ago, it has been a year since I have been back. It doesn’t feel like that much time has passed, even though it has. Many of the things that I was used to were not the same: Thanksgiving was different, Christmas was just another day in the year, Halloween was actually somewhat fun for the first time in nearly a decade. But, once again, I will be spending Valentine’s Day alone, which is just as well, I suppose. I think there are still some things I need to straighten out about myself before I can commit myself to being with someone else. It really feels like 2014 is the year that everything comes together.

This, I suppose, is another one of those changes that always seems to be inevitable. Change is a constant, always, as physics teaches us. It’s also a maxim for life: no matter what happens, we must always prepare ourselves for change. Change can be a good thing. Somehow, I have a feeling that this will be one of the many, many good things that happens this year. Here’s to a new start and new beginnings…