Now is the Start

So, it's not the beginning of the school year anymore, and it's still a few months until New Year's, but today I've decided to raise a toast to a fresh start.

These last six months have felt in a way like a few weeks, but I look back at who I was before all this happened to me, and I'm completely different now. Which isn't a bad thing.

A few doors have been shut in my face, but several others have opened, and I'm excited for what the future will bring. I have that same feeling I got every year in elementary school when I showed up the weekend before school started and set up my desk with all my new delicious-smelling school supplies.

I'm excited for what's ahead.

So what is ahead?

Well, a lot I'm not sure about. But here's what I know:

1) A New Major

I am now officially Pre-English Teaching. After a lot of thought in regards to my back and looking at the requirements for the Dance Major, I realized that every semester was going to carry the risk of turning out just like this one. And I would rather dance less than not dance at all. I'm still teaching dance, and I'll still graduate with a Dance Minor, but I feel really good about this new direction.

2) A New Semester

True, it won't start until January, but I register for classes in a couple of weeks, and there's always something fun about Tetris-ing a schedule together. And with that new semester will come learning new things, meeting new people, and getting a new chance to breathe in the awesome opportunity I have to be attending such a wonderful university.

3) New Goals

Thanks to General Conference earlier this month, I have some new specific personal goals I'm working on. I also have some differences in my long-term goals compared to what they were six months ago. And some of my goals are the exact same. But I'm excited to work on all of them, a little bit at a time, and as always, with help from my God and my Savior.

So, in the middle of October, I say:

Now is the start