is it the end or the beginning?

My final semester of college began today. It's not quite real yet. There is much to be done in the next few months but I know that it is going to speed by and graduation day will suddenly be tomorrow and then today.
I'm feeling good about everything that is happening. I'm jumping back in at redpepper tomorrow and they are kicking off a new intern program, and since I am the senior most intern (I've been there for a year at the end of this month), I'll be an ambassador of sorts. There are two new interns, plus a returning intern from last semester. We'll be making lots of plans and experiementing with new mediums and ways of communicating. I'm getting a lot of ideas from a book I asked for for Christmas: How to Be An Explorer of the World by Keri Smith

The book opens with a quote from T.S. Eliot:
"We shall not cease from exploration
And at the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."

That spoke to me so much, and the book has been wonderful as a jumpstart tool for getting out there, trying new things, looking at things differently.

Smith breaks it down like this:
How to be an Explorer of the World
1. Always be looking.
2. Consider everything alive and animate.
3. Everything is interesting. Look closer.
4. Alter your course often.
5. Observe for long durations (and short ones).
6. Notice the stories going on around you.
7. Notice patterns. Make connections.
8. Document your findings in a variety of ways.
9. Incorporate indeterminacy.
10. Observe movement.
11. Create a personal dialogue with your environment. Talk to it.
12. Trace things back their orgins.
13. Use all of the senses in your investigations.

I intend to take her advice and hope that it brings new lessons and lots of inspiration. I hope the same for you, whoever you are, that this year is filled with eye-opening experiences and opportunities.