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So this is the new year... Personally, I love it - the thought of a clean slate, a chance to start a new habit or put to rest an old one. Saying goodbye to old routines that have caged us - we have a key now to let ourselves out and it will fall into our laps when a ball drops. It's a chance to embrace a thought that we have kept hidden in the corner of our brains - a chance to throw it out there for everyone to see. This is all because a single digit in a numeric code changed at the strike of midnight. And although there are 365 midnights in a year, this is the one, heavy with cultural celebration, where change feels possible. Somewhere along the way I started to smile again I don't remember when This year feels different. The past year felt incredibly different. 2 months ago I had an idea of what December 31st would feel like, and surprisingly, it felt nothing like I anticipated. New Year's Eve was spent with friends that have been in my life for 20 years, new