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To be honest, I don’t particularly enjoy New Year’s Eve. I never really have. It’s not like something absolutely horrible happened one New Year’s Eve that I’m traumatized from (even though my ex-boyfriend and I had a tendency to fight at least twenty minutes into every new year, yikes!), it’s just really not my favorite. I think it’s a little overrated. Everyone acts like something absolutely magical is going to happen at midnight. We count down and yell like a real-life unicorn is going to descend and tell us all the meaning of life. I truly don’t mean to sound cynical, but it’s all just a little silly. And though I’m the queen of silliness and meaningless fun, I’m just not a fan of the hype that surrounds this one holiday.
I get super worked up over those end-of-year wrap-up articles that I don’t even want to go online! “The Best Movies of the Year,” “The Top Ten Craziest Moments in Pop Culture This Year,” “The Funniest Memes of 2019,” I just think it’s so pointless. I was there, I lived it! And now that it’s the end of the decade, forget about it. This is my last sleep of the entire decade. Is something going to be different tomorrow? Are we all going to turn into walruses? We only have three weeks until the end of the decade. What are YOU doing to make them count?
Why can’t we just make every day count? I know I sound cheesy, live every day like it’s your last! But really, what is the big difference between eating ice cream in 2019 and eating it in 2020? Do you feel different? Does it taste better? Did it ~change~ you? Why can’t we live every day like it’s that day, regardless of how far into the year we are?
I guess it just bothers me that people treat the new year like someone hit a reset button when that isn’t the case at all. I hate to break it to you, but your problems from 2019 will follow you into 2020 unless you decide to let them go. Heck, your problems from November will follow you into December if you don’t let them go! That’s just the way life works (unless I am mistaken and if so please let me know).
But I think that’s why I get so bothered by New Year’s resolutions too. I’m all about setting goals, but why do they have to wait for the new year? If you want to make a change in your life or set a different intention, why can’t you just do that now? A change in the year isn’t going to make you better or stronger or anything. You’re the only one who can do that!
That being said, I’m not doing a 2019 roundup or anything like that. I’m gonna keep living my life to the fullest, like I always do. And you bet that involves partying my ass off with my parents tonight, who are planning on throwing an epic New Year’s Eve party. Maybe 2020 will be the year that I fall in love with this holiday, and maybe it won’t be! Whatever happens is fine with me.
Don’t comment your resolution, comment your favorite place to get chicken nuggets.