2016 has been a roller coaster of a year.

For some, it was a year of engagements, weddings, births, graduations, and new beginnings.

For others, it was a year of loss, self-evaluation, the end of chapters, rehabilitation, and a chance to start over.

Last year, at this same time, I wrote an article reflecting on my own new year resolutions - the myriad of things I hoped to accomplish in a year and the dozens more I hoped to change. This year I graduated, I fell in love, I made a big move, I started a new chapter; I still partied just as hard, I didn't land my dream job, I still live paycheck-to-paycheck, and I still didn't manage to meet my gym-time expectations.

But, I did learn a lot about myself - where I want to go, what I want to do, what I really am capable of, and who I am becoming. I never made some amazing revelation about my purpose or my place or even a 5-year plan, but I did get a little closer to those kinds of answers.

Midnight doesn't change anything - the changing of the date doesn't fix all your problems or turn you into the person you want to be. It takes time, many new years and many midnights to evoke change. It takes dedication and hard-work and accountability, and none of those things are guaranteed.

As we sit on cusp the of 2017, I've resolved to work on a lot of the same things as this past year. I will still be working toward that dream job, probably still living paycheck-to-paycheck, still telling myself that I want to go to the gym, and I'll still party as hard, but much less often.

Who knows what I will accomplish, what will be different, what will change; cause it takes all of those 365 days to figure all of that out. I guess that will have to wait until next year's article.