2016 is almost over. Time really does fly by. It's so weird to think about the fact that yet another year has passed, and the new year is starting in just a few days. Overall, 2016 was a great year for me. I have so many wonderful memories with my friends and family from this year. Although there were a couple bumps in the road, I'd say that I am pretty satisfied with how this year treated me.

I am much more excited for 2017, however. 2017 is the year that I will finally start driving on my own (even though I was supposed to have my license a year ago), turn seventeen and start senior year, which is nerve wrecking yet so exciting at the same time. I cannot wait to start a new year with new resolutions (although I never end up keeping them...) and just a fresh start to a new semester. I hope to be a much more motivated and inspired person in the new year. I want to give everything my 110% best!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a happy holiday season with loved ones. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

"New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change." - Sarah Ban Breathnach