2012 was a year of big changes for me. I graduated college in March and moved to New York for my first real job at the end of April. I bought my first pair of designer shoes (Manolo Blahniks from the sample sale when my bosses urged me out the door on my third day of work) and attended fashion week for the first time (and then bought more designer shoes). I reconnected with old friends, made a few new ones, got in touch with my social side and went on a few dates. I found my way around my new neighborhood and my new city and survived a superstorm. I went to Indiana and California and back home and always came back to New York feeling like it really was becoming my city. I spent my first New Year's Eve away from home and celebrated the end of 2012 with some of my best friends in the city.
2013 has a lot to live up to, but right now I'm looking forward to getting better acquainted with New York, spending time with my friends (and hopefully making some new ones along the way) and making my apartment feel more like a home. I've got more than a few goals for the new year - which I put off for a week while suffering/recovering from a cold - and with those I'm looking forward to bettering myself both inside and out (2013 is the year I really embrace my vanity). I'm going to make a real effort to get back in touch with the part of myself that sits down at the end of the day and does something productive - aka the creative part of me that writes and takes pictures, which hopefully means more here, more there, more everywhere. In 2013, I'm going to make progress.
