1-year anniversary

It's official- today marks the 1-year anniversary of my blog. Looking back on the past 67 entries has brought many smiles to my face. Also some sad memories. But perhaps, what stuck with me most, were some words from my very first entry:

I've been thinking a lot lately about goals. Setting them, achieving them... not achieving them. Dying trying to achieve them. I have a lot of goals. Problem is, I have a much easier time setting them than fulfilling them. My favorite writer, Thoreau, once said, "Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be." I think he's pretty smart, so I'll take his word for it.

My goal for the year... is to fulfill my hopes & dreams.

Funny, but those goals are still true. Then I realized that they will ALWAYS be true. Life is a constant struggle to become the best possible version of ourselves. And the day we stop trying to fulfill our hopes and dreams is the day we'd be better off not alive at all.

So dream on.