As 2018 enters full effect, I wanted to write to the one who I thought would be my best friend. We have so many memories, but at some point, something happened. In your eyes, maybe it was my fault. In my eyes, maybe it was your fault. Either way, we fell out, and in my eyes, we won't be rebuilding our friendship.

Our memories go back so long, that I feel guilty leaving them all in the past. It's unfortunate that we thought we would be best friends for years, but it all died in the span of two weeks. You have changed. I won't say I haven't because I too have changed, but in a different way.

You have conformed to society and its standards, something you said you'd never do. I, on the other hand, have become my own person, leading my own life with little to no influence from the media.

The way you will start an argument at the drop of a hat makes me question you and who you have become. You are no longer the person who I could tell all my secrets to. Now, you're the person who would judge me for every choice I make. What happened?

Before you left for college, you were a fun-spirited, open-minded person. However, once college entered the picture, something changed in you. You turned into someone I didn't know anymore. It's as if all of our memories were thrown out the window, never to be retrieved. Your personality changed.

You became self-obsessed, a figure of the growing society of those who cannot seem to be their own person. At times, I think about the person you used to be, how we would sit in fits of laughter for hours on end, just doing nothing.

Now, I look at you, and the face I see is masked by this vessel taking over your body. Every so often, you show parts of that old you, but within seconds, they're gone.

Last year, I would have admitted that part of our falling out might have been my fault. Being someone who would feel guilty for no reason whatsoever, I used to take part of the blame.

Now, I understand that I did nothing wrong. I stayed true to myself, holding my ground while you drifted off into a world I wish to not explore. You may think that your reality and ideals are progressive, but they are dark and could be your downfall. Meanwhile, I have taken the higher ground, sticking to my ideals and never wavering.

My life, right now, is the brightest and happiest it has been in years, and I will not allow your negativity and draining energy pull me down. I have worked too hard to let myself crawl back into that dark hole.

As of right now, I have chosen to leave our friendship in 2017. All of the hate, anger, and despicable thoughts are buried in the remains. If you wish to gain my friendship back, you will need some tools to reach me. I have built myself a mountain of positivity, and I will not let you destroy it.