At the end of every year I always sit back and think of the best and worst moments. Where I had my highest points, and where I had my lowest. By the end of this week, 2015 will be thing of the past. As this year comes to a close, I praise God that it is finally over. As I look back on the year, when I think of all of the things that I believe should be left in 2015 the obvious choices come to mind including the national anthem of our youth Silento’s “Watch Me" (song and dance included), Hover Boards, and Steve’s Harvey’s Miss Universe mistake. These are all very memorable parts of the year. While all of these events and trends were going on, these are the things I’m hoping to leave in 2015.

Regret:

That tightening feeling that you get in your chest when you had the chance to do something and you didn’t. Regret. The amount of times I have been regretful this year I cannot count. Regretful of things I should have said to people. Explanations I should have given for my actions that I instead chose to keep to myself. Regret it has been nice knowing you but I do not plan on taking you with me into the New Year. You’ve caused me far too much pain.

Bad Memories:

Everyone has a moment or piece of time that they keep in the back of their minds. A moment that changed you. Bad memories are like ghosts that haunt your soul. Your mind drifts back to them at random times and you get lost in a sense of nostalgia when you remember a moment that you wished you didn’t. I’m tired of carrying the weight of bad memories and I plan to enter the year with no weight on my shoulders.

Friendships:

Friendships seem like a sure thing. They seem like no matter what they will last forever. This year I came to the realization that friendship don’t last forever. I’ve lost a lot of friends this year and of all of the friendships I have lost there is only one I will forever cherish. I had a friend who would do anything for me as I would for her and we got into a stupid argument and ended years of friendship over the both of us being childish. If I could repeat the events leading up to the demise of our friendship I would just suck it up and apologize. I would have taken the L so to speak to ultimately win the value of our friendship. It really hurts me to think back on all great memories I had this year that she was a part of and to think that I’ll be entering the New Year without her by my side. But the memories didn’t happen in vain and I will always love her and remember all of the good memories we had.

Procrastination:

College is not a joke. Professors give you so much time to do assignments because they know we will procrastinate. They just hope we don’t wait until the night before. The dark circles that were under my eyes can attest to the fact that I waited the last minute to do my assignments. I’m not proud of that. My time management this semester was just atrocious. I put everything on the back burner and by the end of the semester I was drowning and the shore was nowhere in sight. Never again will it let myself get that overwhelmed with work. I realized how easy it is to get distracted in college you can’t have a social life, good grades, and enough sleep. You can only pick two. There is no way you will survive juggling all three and I know because I attempted this and failed miserably. So heed my warning when I say DON’T procrastinate.

Farewell Regret, Bad Memories, Friendships, and Procrastination.