Solitude

2017

I know, we still have another twenty odd days until the next year start. But it's the month of December and I can't help but reflect on the year that's almost over.

I can't deny it, 2017 was my year. I got to travel around the globe and meet so many different people. There was this boy in Leicester square in London, who wanted my friends and I to star in a YouTube video. There's Neil, giving many tours around the U.K. and France to eager some students. There's the countless of World War One soldiers occupying homes throughout the country. There's Richard who lives across the pond, nine hours away, serving piña coladas and many other drinks, the guests wants as he laughs.

I've grown immensely as a person to have experienced these moments. Seeing how hard the people of Jamaica have to work to get what they need to survive but they're all so happy with the little they have. Seeing Prince Willam and Harry lay a wreath at the edge of the tomb marked 'The Unknown Soldier, at the Vimy 100 ceremony in France. The things I've witnessed and the places I've been are now all a piece of me.

There are new pieces of me that I discovered I had; that I never knew before.

I've always been the type of person who wants things done as soon as I finish saying them. In the past few months I've learned differently. Everything you do in order to get to your goal is a process. Whether it's to lose a certain amount of weight before a specific date or you're fighting a social atrocity within your environment, appreciate the process.

Yes, it may seem like it's a lot now and I can tell you; it is a lot. But I know that once this process is done or you've met your goal, all the struggle you had to reach it will be worth it.

2017 has been my year and I cannot wait to see what 2018 has in store for me.