This year started out stormy but skys are a'clearing.  I'm finally to a point where I feel secure about the way things are going right now and where my life is heading.  I've always struggled with doubt and worry about my friends and my future, but I feel like I've finally found my niche.  I've found something I'm passionate about pursuing in college and beyond - my latest career goal is to get a BA and PhD in linguistics and teach at a university.  And I've settled in with more friends (and better friends) than I think I've had since the third grade.  I still have insecurities, but I feel like my problems right now are more about me and less about what's going on around me.  I'm in an all-around good situation, and I'm looking for the positives in everything so that when I hit the bad times, I can do so with unblemished memories of the good times and the hope that all suffering passes. 

I don't update on here nearly as often as I used to.  That's because I'm writing college essays and I've reached the point where I analyze my words to such an extent that I want no one to see them until they are immaculate.

I like the word immaculate.