New Year, Same You: How to Grow at Your Own Pace
Every January the internet repeats the same script about reinvention and fresh starts, like everyone's supposed to wake up on the first with a totally different personality. It can feel like a lot, especially if you already have enough going on with school, family, friends, and just trying to stay balanced. The truth is: nothing about growing has to be dramatic. You can stay who you are and still change in ways that feel real.Brooklyn shows this in its own way. The city doesn't transform overnight. Things shift slowly. A mural gets painted and suddenly the block feels brighter. A bodega…
Holiday Hopes & New Year Beginnings
Christina, Branch Manager/Mill Basin
I like the winter holidays. Many multicultural celebrations are meant to purge the misfortunes and mistakes of the old year and to have hope and goodwill for the new year. The winter holidays can be a time of contemplation, to re-center yourself, and to strengthen your beliefs and goals. You can look back on the past year, determine what things that were favorable or unfavorable to you, and decide what you are going to do differently in the new year. Whether you are symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year by tossing pieces of bread, food, or stones into a…