Dear 2017 - An Opened Upwards Missive Of The Alphabet To The Hardest Twelvemonth Of My Life

Dear 2017,
God, it feels adept to come across you lot disappear inward the raise thought mirror. I didn't dare nation or write whatever of these things inward your terminal days, inward illustration you'd come upward dorsum to seize amongst teeth me inward the donkey ane lastly time. Actually, you lot did that anyway past times having me run my lastly race of the twelvemonth inward a tempest that almost blew me into a pond. Thanks mate.
I approximate you lot empathize why I didn't trust you lot anymore. Not simply because of yesterday's storm, but because of everything you lot set me through. We had a horrible start together. I spent your start 2 months crying over an ex-boyfriend. Then, when I finally felt meliorate inward April, the whole drama amongst college started. An internship that ended inward disaster, teachers who refused to give me feedback together with finally dropping out when I realized how college made me experience misfortunate every unmarried day.
2017, you lot were a mess. Family issues, wellness issues, a broken heart, I went through it all. And on top of all that, you lot set me through therapy for an inferiority complex. Was in that location ever a minute when you lot cutting me some slack? If you lot did, it certain didn't experience that way. I mean, I fifty-fifty lost a project this summertime earlier my start twenty-four hours had fifty-fifty started!
I spent together with thus much fourth dimension crying together with feeling lost that I barely had whatever fourth dimension for the goals I had set for your 365 days. I didn't fifty-fifty await at my Make it Happen List. I'm to a greater extent than lost than ever when it comes to my hereafter career. And recollect when I said I wanted 180 college credits to my advert past times the fourth dimension you'd end? Please don't brand me laugh, nosotros all know how that ended.
I lost everything to you. You were a consummate asshole. I hated you lot amongst a passion. You were past times far the worst twelvemonth of my life and...

Dear 2017,
I'm lamentable for maxim all those horrible things close you. I allow my emotions acquire the meliorate of me, though you lot lead maintain to acknowledge that you lot were never slow on me. You forced me to bring a long hard await at my life together with brand some changes. Because of you lot I learned to accept together with deal amongst my giftedness. I realized I'd never live happy if I'd stayed inward that awful college.
Of course of report I hoped to become to academy correct afterwards the summer, which you lot didn't allow, but at to the lowest degree I landed a adept project together with thus I tin move salve upward for tuition. I consider myself lucky that I managed to acquire that job. So I approximate you lot weren't 100% evil, 2017. It all wound similar hell, but some of the things you lot set me through were needed. You taught me together with thus many lessons together with set me downwards a path I never would lead maintain taken on my own. It was a hard path, but at to the lowest degree I made it. In fact, when I think close the places I visited together with the people I met along the way, I approximate you lot could nation it was worth it.
My trip to Antwerp inward Feb was amazing. I fell inward dear amongst the Thai jungle. Dec was almost over when I went to Kingdom of Belgium again. I met Annelou, who shares my passion for street art, Ella from Ella Was Here, who helped me bring my giftedness, together with Serkan, who showed me that non all guys are liars when they nation they aid close you.

Dear 2017,
I'll ever recollect you lot equally a hard together with seemingly endless year. You were harsh together with at times fifty-fifty cruel, but taught me some valuable lessons. The of import affair to recollect is that I hitting stone bottom spell you lot were around. From hither on out, things tin move exclusively acquire better, together with to live honest, they already did acquire a niggling meliorate afterwards June. Dec fifty-fifty came to a greater extent than or less existence awesome. I approximate you lot weren't together with thus horrible afterwards all. Just brand certain your younger sibling 2018 is a niggling kinder to me.

x Envy

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