A New Year and A New Life T his is the first year in a decade I have not participated in some kind of study. Being a creature of habit, I'm not going to lie -- it's weird. When I had a class timetable, I had a routine I could follow -- until I've overloaded my schedule and all routine goes out the window and I forget what day it is. Having no classes to go to is kind of like that without the stress. So now I'm creating a routine for myself that suits me and the reasons I decided to end my career as a lifetime student. I am a writer, an artist and a musician. With such big passions vying for top billing on my list of priorities, I feel like when I give one area more attention, I'm abandoning another. The start of my first year of creative freedom has been a bit rocky. I have moved twice since January and spent those weeks feeling more imprisoned than free -- but that's just life I guess. Things have settled down for now. Now I have all the time in the w