Fresh Start

 I can't believe it's already halfway through 2023! Where have these months gone? 

Looking back on this picture, it feels like some time ago when I rearranged and redecorated my room over my Christmas break, and it was early January- an exciting and new time. 

My dresser looks different now- with filled drawers, messy and a bit disorganized on the top. Fake flowers of magnolias and star lilies, and real beautiful orange tinted roses, and different decorations. 

I look back with gratitude of what 2023 has brought and looked like so far. It has been a busy first part of the year, hectic with my grad program classes and demanding as well as my job with at times exhausting and annoying students, problems and constant noise. 

It feels like a blur mostly, but grateful for the harder experiences that seemed to come at every corner. I just did it, putting up with the unpredictability and annoyances that regularly occurred. I look back at the Fall with some nostalgia though- it had its own moments of craziness too, but also productivity, curves of learning and growth! 

I want to continue to be inspired, with ideas and goals. Just like the beginning of January, with the newness, excitement and anticipation of a new year, July feels like a fresh start too. 

It's the beginning of summer, a new year for me, and a new month and first part of the second half of the year!