end of an era

So the end of another year. Sometimes it was good and sometimes it was bad but I’m never going to regret any of it. I don’t think enough people embrace change, and I think that’s what this year was about. I lived in house with two girlfriends, and it was definitely an experience – but living in a house with my two girlfriends meant that I met Rach; and my god I cannot thank my lucky stars enough for her.

I also changed degrees and after spending the last semester settling into International Studies, I know I’ve found my place. I’ve cemented the direction I want to take in life, and I’ve also cemented the idea that I have to move to Melbourne in order to achieve it. And I think that whilst 2010 was a year for change, 2011 is going to be the year of adventure. Moving back to the big smoke, tackling third year university and really starting to focus on my up and coming adult life. Employment. The propper full-time kind. Holy shit. It’s daunting, yeah, but my god I can’t wait to finally get out there and make something of myself.

Geelong is a black hole. It fills your head with static so you can’t think individual thought. People know everyone through someone else. It’s incestuous. Your past haunts you because there are too many deadshits here who don’t have enough promise to fulfill their own lives, so they refuse to let the past go. Yeah some of my best friends and my immediate family are here. I never said everyone in Geelong was hopeless. Sometimes I actually find myself enjoying the sunsets down by the river, and the 15 minute drive to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. But this place isn’t for me. It never was.

And whilst I’ll come home occasionally, and I’ll remember the good times, and value this town as housing some of the most important moments of my life; I know that I have the whole world at my feet, and that’s where my life is going to take me.

2011 is going to be a good year. I can feel it.