Gone with the infamous 2016 and in with the New Year, full of hope, possibility and promise. Much of the world hated 2016 and although for myself it was a year full of growth, change, and life changing moments, the year as a whole was a very depressing one.

The promise of a New Year has been something of a light at the end of the tunnel for many. However, the stroke of a clock from 11:59 pm to 12:00 am doesn't make for a new world. It doesn't change everything. It doesn't reset the world. So what does it actually do?

For me, the New Year symbolizes the end of a chapter and a new one beginning. Same characters, same plot. Different experiences, different memories. The end of year allows time for reflecting the year as a whole and each individuals relation between themselves and the world.

How can you become a better version of yourself in the next chapter of your life? How can be become a better person for those you love? And how can you become a better person in the larger aspect of our society? The New Year becomes the opportunity to change aspects of your life for the better.

Although these ideas about New Year's are simply my interpretation and the concept of New Year's is an idea open for new and various interpretations. One aspect that everyone experiences during the New Year's is hope.

Hope is a powerful tool. It gets you through the worst times of your life. Hope that change will happen. Hope the world will become better despite all that has happened to it. And most importantly, hope that change it possible.

With that being said may the New Year be full of growth, happiness, change, and of course, hope.