Two Thousand And Seven

I apologize to my faithful readers about the tardiness of this entry but this past year is not something I have been looking forward to recapping. Nevertheless, good or bad, happy or sad, here it goes.

Each and every year for the past couple of years, I’ve done a little year in review. I generally use prior entries to hallmark each and every milestone. It’s a great way for me to go back, re-read some of my older entries and see how far I’ve come along and how terrible my writing has become. I can say with great confidence that the culmination of this entire year can be summarized into a single learning:

The problem will be solved when I accept that happiness is a present attitude, not a future condition.

This is much, much harder than it sounds especially when things don’t go as smoothly as you’d hoped or expected. In January, I started graduate school at Columbia University en route to a hopeful Masters degree by 2010. Taking only one class per semester while working full-time is a lot more work than I originally anticipated. However, it’s something that I am determined and committed to following through.

February started off with the untimely passing of my nineteen year old cousin; despite our best efforts to save him. The event left me hollow and deeply conflicted on the subject of nature, justice and mortality. I shut the world out until I eventually started writing again a few months later; primarily about relationships, Facebook and Facebook relationships. The dark dictation and solemn outlook were only fed further as my last remaining grandmother passed away before the blasted year dwindled away. I turned 24 with a sense of tiresome optimism that I am hoping to carry right on through the new year.

I wish you all the best in 2008. May you all have health, happiness and love.

Adieu. Navid.