It’s literally minutes from the New Year and all the past few years play in my mind- the year where I celebrated New Year between two timezones, in a plane a few hours away from Dubai, in new cities, new homes, new schools, new friends.

In just a few minutes a new year shall start and I look back at who I was this past year, and reflect on if this year had helped me change into a better person, helped me improve and the conclusion I’ve reached is that it does not matter if I achieved what I wished to achieve by the end of this year. My new year resolution, which has been the same for the past few years and will stay the same for the future is to improve as a person, to become the best I can be. Even if I have failed at my goals, I take a lesson from it.

This year has taught me lessons I am glad to have learned. I have grown compared to the person I was at this moment last year and I know I will have changed this time next year. All I will do from today on, which I have already started is to live in the moment, to be the best I can be, to see the joy in every moment and not focus greatly on the negative and to accept my limits and faults, but also realize my talents and accomplishments.

All I can wish for the next year is to enjoy it and be happy, because nothing is guaranteed.