There's something about a Clean Slate

clean slate: an unsullied record; a record marked by creditable conduct: to start over with a clean slate. (Source)

Everywhere you turn, there are people talking about a fresh start, about leaving everything behind in the year gone by and starting anew. This is a simple escape for those of us who have been battling through the last twelve months. I think it is the hope and the determination that nothing lasts forever, that perhaps, with the changing of our years will come the changing of our circumstances. 

I picture us humans like a Blackboard that still has evidence of what was previously on it. I think this is the closest to our experiences in a year, or a culmination of years - heaven forbid we stay the blank slates we were born as, but heaven also forbid we maintain the written on insults, failings and otherwise unpleasant accumulations of a year. 


I guess I'm interested in hearing what areas others would like a clean slate in. For me, these are my top five clean slated topics for 2012:


1.) The label "Worst year (time) of my life"
2.) The label "Emotionally closed" 
3.) Thoughts for the future
4.) Feelings about my location
5.) What it means to be


Now look out for my next entry coming in the next few days (maybe even tomorrow) on changing in growth while ultimately staying "the same."