Dear 2020,

As we approach a new year and I truly don't ask for much. I just ask for a good year, as a young 19 year old, I ask for guidance and protection, good health. As we gear up for a new year, I'm nervous, anxious. but I am ready. For anyone and a new year can be hard, due to the death of friends, or family in the last year, or distant from a friend. it all can be hard.

Walking into 2019, I was nervous, I had fears. but I also had goals. for 2020, I have goals. goals of starting back at school, continuing to meet new people. goals of what I hope will work out. some of the goals I made back in 2018, for 2019, didn't all work out, but that's okay. I realized halfway through the year and not everything will work out the way we hope. and that's okay.

But here's the thing, a new year brings us new opportunities, to explore ourselves more, see the world more. There are so many people that I met in 2019, I hope I can still call on in 2020, but there are also some, I won't allow myself to even speak to, that's all on me.

But as we enter this new year in a few weeks, i am ready. ready for new adventures, new people, new experiences. and i hope you are too. I also pray that you can leave 2019, happy, talking to those you've ignored.

Here's to 2020, my friends. may we all allow second chances, new minds, loving hearts.