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2008 was an interesting year. I feel, in many ways, like it’s far behind me, like it is a distinct and different chapter of my life entirely. It was a chapter of independence, of breakthroughs in personal honesty and truly of finding myself. This was the year that I truly came to understand who I am, who I love, and what I love. I wasn’t always right, and I’m still probably wrong or slightly off on a few things now, but I at least grew closer from where I was before.

You may or may not have noticed, but each article I post uses a lyric from a song for the title. That song is usually what I’ve been listening to on a loop while writing the article. (You will find the song title and the artist listed in the tags.) Thus, every few months I am going to release a soundtrack…

It is far too easy to get caught up in the magnitude of my situation and what lies on the horizon. It is far too easy to obsess over what is coming while forgetting what is before me now. In all of this madness it is, unfortunately, far too easy to lose myself.