Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Years and that all are as excited as I am for 2017. I was hesitant to make a new years post because I knew there would be at least a dozen others posted before I could even get on today, but I decided the heck with it, I haven't posted anything in a while.

As long as I'm making a cliche post, I might as well be very cliche. Year after year, we've all seen a thousand people post online about all of their New Years Resolutions, and every other Facebook friend claims "New Year New Me," but deep down we all know that none of them ever truly mean it, and usually by January 7, if not sooner, all of that BS has gone straight out the window. But this year, I got to thinking, what matters most in my life? What does "New Year New Me" really mean? And I realized that living this life that I'm in, and being apart of this amazing community that we share, allows me to make certain promises to myself that I actually plan on committing too. My New Years Resolution isn't the stereotypical one that every other friend I have is claiming for their own, I'm not going to promise myself that I'm going to lose weight or quit doing something I know deep down that I shouldn't, because as much as I want those things, I know that there are numerous road blocks that will get in my way, and I might not be strong enough to avoid them, and like every other Resolution, I know that it's very likely that such a road block will knock out my spirit and cause me to forget all about my "set in stone" plan to achieve those goals.

Instead, this year, I'm not making a "resolution" that has to be started on January 1, but a plan to try and follow my path as best as possible. I'm aware that there will be roadblocks, that there will be numerous forks in the path, and that it is very possible that I may cross a finish line that might not be the one I was heading towards when I started. The only thing that matters is that I cross a finish line, somewhere, sometime. This is after-all, a marathon and not a sprint, so there is no need to rush towards that finish line.

My goal for 2017 is a simple one, and that's to care about myself and follow my heart, no matter where it leads me. I have to do what is best for every part of myself, be it the man who wears a suit to work, or the woman wearing breast forms and pantyhose. My goal can only be achieved if both sides have what they need, and I have to keep in mind that one side might, and likely will, require a lot more caring then the other.

So there it is, my "New Year New Me" cliche for 2017. But thankfully, unlike the thousand or so other times I have read those words since 12:01am on January 1, this isn't written as a cliche, but as an honest statement, because just a few months, heck, a few weeks ago, the only me was the man who wears a suit to work. There was no woman in breast forms and pantyhose, not in many, many years. Crystal is the New Me who is so very excited to celebrate 2017 and make this year all about loving and nurturing this beautiful woman and allowing her to live life on the outside, rather then keeping her buried deep down inside.