Who gets to determine when the old ends and the new begins. It’s not a day on the calendar, not a birthday not a new year. It’s an event big or small something that changes us. Ideally it gives us hope. A new way of living and looking at the world, letting go off old habits old memories, what’s important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning. But it’s also important to remember that amid all the crap are a few things really worth holding onto.