In 2012, I gained a full-time teaching position, and along with it my very own classroom filled with over sixty students each day and five awesome team members who let me ask them a hundred questions as they come to mind. I lost some old friends, but made some new ones in return. I stopped running on a regular basis, and for no good reason either. I started reading (and writing) again. I was hugely satisfied by the comma in my first official paycheck, and each check after that for a matter of fact. And frustrated by not being able to do all of the things I wanted to do this past year. I am so embarrassed that I didn't turn down that one dare. Once again, I listened to my music just a little too loud. Once again, I did not write as often as I promised I would. The biggest physical difference between me last December and this December is a new pair of glasses with some hot pink on the arms. The biggest psychological difference between me last December and this December i