Yes, I am going to deliver my over used and clichéd opening line (again) : 

"Another year has passed" 

• and I'm not going to lie friends, this one was a bit anti climatic. All I did was focus on my education, I mean - I didn't have time for anything else. Even my sense of humor became dry as shit so I sure as hell did not have time for any emotional or philosophical revelation that I always seem conjure at the end of every year. 

This year sorta sucked ass - my skin broke out like a little bitch and my stupid ass cried over it because I've never ever broken out before, yet alone have more than one pimple popping up on my face!! It was a real blow to my self esteem and (at the time) my mental state as well, because I could always rely on my skin to stay clear and when that wasn't the case anymore I sorta lost it - because to me, it was the one thing in my life at that point where I felt like I had control over and when I suddenly didn't I just crashed into a deep pit of not okayness.

I sorta zoned everything else out even my friends, although there were some exceptions (a boy haha) (I'm sorry friends - never again) but I guess 2017 didn't totally suck. 

I mean - I had the recital and other cool things going on but I think this month of December is icing on the cake, because I finally have time to relax and just do the things that I didn't have time for earlier in the year. 

My skin is also clearing up- god bless, it's not at the stage where it was at it's peak - but it's getting there (hopefully). 

Honestly - 2018 is the year where I focus on myself, for real this time. I don't think I've ever truly dedicated a year to myself - I've always had other things on my mind. 

Well not anymore! 2018 is the year where I guess I have to grow up - I'll no longer have 'teen' at the back of my age and I have things like university applications and student loans to worry about ... I have a whole adult (ew) future to plan out.

But hey! I've already become snarkier and more sarcastic, so I'm halfway there. 

Cheers! 

Here's to a new year x

-NR 

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Song Of The Year (2017)

Time's Been Reckless by Marika Hackman

This song kicks ass and makes me want to kick ass therefore it is the song I want to start 2018 with

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