What a waste of time?
or was it?
Years seem to fly by these days and with each year coming the transition into the next also seems to have much more philosophical baggage with it. I’m holding onto a lot, happy about a lot, and getting over a bunch of things. The new year allows for a big sigh of relief and a chance to motion, with a toast, everything into “that was last year”. It honestly feels like one of the only moments each year where it’s relatively easy to live in the moment. A few drinks down and a count down away from closing a book and opening a new one at the same time.
What is next?
Are we sad it’s over or happy for what is next?
Maybe, most importantly, this is a time to reflect. Treasure the space you have to yourself or the friends that are surrounding you. Time can slow for a moment as bubbles from your bubbly tickle your nose. Nothing else can be a greater lesson in learning how to live from book to book, year to year, and day to day. It’s a great chance to understand how to find joy, or live in the tough reality of a lifetime of transitions.
Is someone not there or something missing?
Who IS there? What did you get out of this past year?
Stop comparing yourself to dreams and actually work towards them. If you are the type to set out some resolutions, let your one resolution be to have none.
Look at your hands.
Look at your eyes in the mirror.
Tell yourself, this is the new year and I have already accomplished what I’m setting out to do.
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The tradition goes that on must make a resolution for the new year. Why are they all to not do something rather than to make it active (ex. quitting smoking rather than smoking more); it’s interesting, it is.
Justin, the point about what’s happening next is something to think about too. In my opinion, most people don’t think about whats next, they just are. They do what they want after a weeks worth of trying to change. Having the idea that the new year brings change is good, but how different is the current year from the next? It’s just a number, like age.
For myself, I enjoy a good New Year’s party and I have a quick analyzing session about what’s coming up, but most of the time, nothing significant comes from my brief review of the year.
Cheers!
I think resolutions are both active and not to do something. Many people say they are going to start budgeting better, go to the gym, spend more time with loved ones, find a new job etc. There will always be those like quitting smoking, or not eating McDonald’s, but those are actually the worst because one cigarette and the person figures once they broke the resolution they may as well smoke all they want.
I look at the New Year as a chance to look back and say, am I doing better now than I was a year ago, and what am I going to do to make the next year better. It’s hard to look at yourself over the course of short periods like days or weeks to evaluate how you are doing in improving yourself.