365

It is December 29th, 2009. Not that you didn't know that by reading the date somewhere above or below this post, but that's beside the point. That means two more days until the 31st. Two more days until we all sit up to watch fireworks and drink to the new year. Two more days left of 2009. And it doesn't feel real. Sometimes it feels like this year never even happened, other times it feels like it has dragged on forever. So many things changed in the course of these 365 days that I will come to call 2009.

Friendships came and went, as did relationships. Tastes in music, clothing, and foods fluctuated and altered. Moods went up and down more than they ever have before. Some things I lost, others I gained. I became a different person. This year probably changed me more than any year before. I can remember the end of 2008--my hopes, my dreams, my aspirations, and my motivations. And now they're all so different.

365 days. That's it. That's all that passed. But in those 365 days, there were 8760 hours. And in those 8760 hours, there were 525600 minutes (yes, just like that one song). Each of those minutes was in its own way significant. Take away one, and the rest of them change. At some point in the next two days, I'm going to make a list of the significant changes that have occurred, perhaps in a way a time-line of 2009.

I've always been sentimental, but this isn't stemming from that part of my nature. This is my idea to better understand who I am and how the past year has affected me. Since only several days ago the full effects of an event of the spring hit me, I've started realizing that maybe I should begin to more closely analyze major shifts in my life, how they've affected my moods, my tastes, etc. Looking back on a year like this is strange, and I can't help but wonder where that time really went. But I guess what's done is done, and now all I can do is move on the future, remembering the lessons of this past year.