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How to handle - new beginnings
September has always been a ‘new beginnings’ month for me.
In Serbia, September 1st is when the school would start, and for me as a child, that was the most important day of the year. It felt like being very good at Tetris and starting a new game, but on a higher level. I was a nerd. And my mom would always make it special. She would wrap my books in nice protective covers, buy me nice notebooks and new clothes for the start of the new school year. While other kids hated the fact that summer vacations are over — the start of a new school year filled me up with energy.
September confirmed its ‘new beginnings’ status when I graduated from University at the start of the month, in 2013. And then, exactly a year later, I moved to Berlin.
Looking ahead to this September, it definitely smells of new beginnings again. We just moved to a new house, and I got a promotion. And on top of it, the notebook I was using for journaling in the last three years is on its last pages now. Time for a new one. Just like when I was a kid.
Even more than that, this September, something inside me feels different. Unrelated to any objective milestone that should be celebrated, life simply seems fresh, and ready to begin. Like a start of a feel-good film. I almost hear the theme song in the background.
