I've been meaning to write this post for awhile now. As the infrequent posts might not indicate, this was a year of change. I was stuck in rut for the last couple of years. This was largely my fault. I had trapped myself into a situation that I was afraid to break out of. What was I afraid of? A number of small inconsequential things that loomed much larger during that period. Now that I'm on the other side of the situation I have greater clarity about that.

Being patient through the rut did have two nice side effects. However, I'm not going to put myself through that situation again though (if I can help it).