It's officially the year of the Dragon, my year, at last. This can only mean good things. After years of despising resolutions, I picked one for this new year, my year. One idea: Embrace the corny.

I've been through so much these past few years. I've given myself to others, spread myself real thin to care for them. This past year especially was extremely shitty. I went through so many phases of hating myself and hating my life, while blocking myself from being truly happy. And as much as I try to fight it or change it, I am a hopeless romantic. I feed off of the corny love stories in books and movies, and every so often a tv show, but I find it hard to embrace the corny kind of happiness in my own life. So that is my goal, to embrace happiness, to not shy from the corny, to let love in when it comes my way.

A wise cat once gave me the squinty face and closed his eyes. He clearly meant calm your thoughts and go to bed, there's always time in the morning for pontificating.