New Year's Eve is a kind of Rorschach
test -- it holds a different meaning depending on who you are. Some people enjoy being alone and realize that New Year's Eve is just another night. There's nothing wrong with blowing a noisemaker alone and crashing before midnight. In other people, the holiday may trigger feelings of insecurity so they need to make something of the night. Still for many, having plans accentuates feelings of being special. It's supposed to be a new beginning and a time to start again. In a deeper sense, it can be an opportunity to reflect on your life and feel renewed hope for the future. But for some people, it's a time to have terrible regrets and blame themselves for making the wrong choices.
Low-key sounds much more appealing to me than high expectations. I do feel a little pressure to do something for New Year's Eve, but it is less and less every year, usually big crowds annoy me and I'm happy staying home and watching the countdown on TV. Like every other holiday, the older I get, the harder it is to care that much. The culture defines so much of these expectations for us that we feel we have to live up to them. When you're watching the count down on TV, it looks like everyone is having the time of their life. The reality is that half of those people are trying to have a good time, wondering why they're not, and thinking, 'Wasn't it supposed to be better than this?'
Like birds, let us, leave behind what we don't need to carry...
Grudges, Sadness, Pain, Fear and Regrets!
Life is beautiful, enjoy it. Happy New Year!
test -- it holds a different meaning depending on who you are. Some people enjoy being alone and realize that New Year's Eve is just another night. There's nothing wrong with blowing a noisemaker alone and crashing before midnight. In other people, the holiday may trigger feelings of insecurity so they need to make something of the night. Still for many, having plans accentuates feelings of being special. It's supposed to be a new beginning and a time to start again. In a deeper sense, it can be an opportunity to reflect on your life and feel renewed hope for the future. But for some people, it's a time to have terrible regrets and blame themselves for making the wrong choices.
Low-key sounds much more appealing to me than high expectations. I do feel a little pressure to do something for New Year's Eve, but it is less and less every year, usually big crowds annoy me and I'm happy staying home and watching the countdown on TV. Like every other holiday, the older I get, the harder it is to care that much. The culture defines so much of these expectations for us that we feel we have to live up to them. When you're watching the count down on TV, it looks like everyone is having the time of their life. The reality is that half of those people are trying to have a good time, wondering why they're not, and thinking, 'Wasn't it supposed to be better than this?'
Like birds, let us, leave behind what we don't need to carry...
Grudges, Sadness, Pain, Fear and Regrets!
Life is beautiful, enjoy it. Happy New Year!