People like to think of New Year’s Day as a clean slate. It’s a lie. It’s no more a clean slate than that “fresh start” we all pined for as we headed away for Freshman year in college–the very same people we were days before, only with newer sheets, newer friends, and a newly burning desire to possess a fake ID.

New Year’s Day feels more like a fresh blanket of snow–a chance to put down new prints and find new paths, maybe make a few snow angels on the way. (And this being 2014, Instagram them all for posterity with a nice blue-tinged filter.)

But snow is never permanent. Continue reading →