A Look Into 2012

I had pretty high hopes for 2011.  Around this time last year (2010) I had pretty much hit emotional rock bottom.  There were many reasons for it, but suffice it to say that 2010 was a truly horrifically miserable year for me and I had vowed to cleanse myself in 2011.  I promised myself that I would do whatever it took to be happy again.  It didn't happen quite as quick as I thought it would but, I am proud to say that yes, 2011 was in fact a hugely better year and I turned a really magnificent corner.  It took until around August to do it but I vividly remember that morning.  I woke up in a tent and could barely move my legs and I hobbled down to a grassy area in front of a lake and just smiled.  Somehow, that weekend, something in me just clicked and I realized that I was actually really happy again.  A feeling I never thought I'd achieve.  Perhaps it was because I was finally free of a toxic relationship, maybe it was because I was running again, or maybe because I became vegetarian, maybe it was because the bar exam/law school was behind me, or perhaps it was just the clean air and the mountains...whatever it was, I felt cleansed of everything that had made my life so miserable the past year and a half.

Since that day in August things just turned around.  I've been so incredibly lucky this year.  I've run two half marathons, rekindled friendships with some people I love immensely, made some new and wonderful friends, moved back to Houston and found the exact job I'd been looking for.  I can't even begin to express how grateful I am for all of this.  I'm so lucky.

I feel like 2012 can and should be just as remarkable of a year.  I'm not much of a new years resolution person but I do have things I want to achieve this year.  First - I'm going to run a marathon.  Thats right, the full 26.2 and its going to be scary and long but I'm going to do it.  Second - I'm going to run this marathon as a vegan.  Yeah, I know, I think I've gone off the deep end too, but I need to see if I can do it!  Its going to be interesting.  Third - I'm going to run 1000 miles this year.  That one I just did the math for and realized how easy it would be so...I added it to the list, haha.  Fourth - by the time I turn 30 I want to qualify for Boston.  Okay, okay, so this isn't a New Years thing...I decided this while I was foam rolling my sore legs in a hotel in Dallas after running my half marathon.  But hey, I already said I didn't really "do" resolutions, so really, this is all just a list of goals anyway ;)  I just happen to be listing them on New Years for traditions sake!

On that note, I will begin the new year with the same determination as I had in 2011.  Thankfully, I'm in a much better position than last year.  Maybe I won't have that same fiery passion to pull myself out of a depression but you know...I think thats a good thing!  Now I can go into a New Year like a normal healthy person, with an appreciation of the year past and with goals and hopes of great times to come :)

Yay for 2012!!!!