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"     As I left the ELLE.com offices after work last night, I nearly passed out on the sidewalk in shock. It was LIGHT outside. And warm. As in the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and I had to resist the urge to skip down the subway stairs singing &amp;quot;Summertime in the LBC&amp;quot;. Or something. Anyway, it&amp;#039;s usually pitch black outside by the time I leave work, but the lost (or is it gained?) hour due to daylight savings time combined with the fact that I left at 6 p.m. on the dot made for this rare occasion.  It made me want to run back up to the office and grab this unbelievable pair of espadrilles that Michelle, the lovely PR girl at YSL sent to me for a shoot that was, um... ahem... three weeks ago. Yes, I am officially holding them hostage at this point.  Anyway, the entire city was glowing. Everywhere I looked people were smiling, laughing, holding hands, etc. Andreas, the owner of the Greek restaurant below my apartment even gave me my steak salad for free! There&amp;#039;s nothing like a warm day after a long cold spell to bring out the camaraderie in New Yorkers. You can practically see the thought bubbles above everyone&amp;#039;s heads as they....  ....walk down the streets sans heavy winter coat, smiling at you: Thank god that&amp;#039;s over; we really got put through the wringer with that one. And yes, I know what all you people upstate and in the Midwest are thinking. But whatever dude, I&amp;#039;m from Hawaii. It was freakin cold, okay?? The point is that it was a city of shiny, happy people. Understandable\u2014spring is always the provider of fresh starts, new beginnings. And who doesn&amp;#039;t need a fresh start from time to time?  We all get stuck in ruts, whether it&amp;#039;s a stale job or an old relationship that just isn&amp;#039;t quite giving us what we need anymore. And it&amp;#039;s hard to break out of those ruts. It takes courage to let go and start over with something or someone new. I get it. But sometimes a change is exactly what we need to be happy in the end: a new job, a new love, a gym membership, a fresh lease on life. But then again, sometimes all it takes is a change of season. And a perfect pair of shoes. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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