It is no longer 2011. It is 2012. Maybe that is the reason I have been spending more time in reflection. Maybe it’s Facebook’s fault. Is it just me, or is Timeline depressing? Maybe it’s because I am less than a month away from 27. Shit, 27? Is that right? How did this happen?

When did we stop being carefree kids? In theory, I have now been out of college longer than I was ever in college.

College should last longer.

Why is it that college is so much cooler than the real world? Sure, you get to drink all the time and have more free time than you know what to do with. You can do dumb shit like skip class to play another game of Madden. In college, finishing last night’s keg is reason enough for a personal day (How did I graduate?). But you know, I think it’s much more than those things. I think it’s all about potential. In college, we don’t know who we are yet.  And the beautiful thing about that is, you can be whomever you want.

I’m reminded of a line from one of my favorite movies,

“I remember once imagining what my life would be like, what I’d be like. I pictured having all these qualities, strong positive qualities that people could pick up on from across the room. But as time passed, few ever became any qualities that I actually had. And all the possibilities I faced and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer. Until finally they got reduced to one, to who I am. And that’s who I am, the weather man.”

-Dave Spritz (Nick Cage)

The Weather Man

Oddly enough, I liked that movie long before I ever knew I myself would become a weatherman. (Really, that is my full time job.) Of course, life is really not that bad. I am in control of my own destiny. So are you. It is my life and I can make whatever I want of it.

And that’s what I love about 2012, because in 2012, I can be whoever I want to be.

“May the best of your today’s be the worst of your tomorrows.”

-Jay Z

Young Forever

Good Luck in 2012 Everyone.