2007: Out with the Old...In with the New!

2007 is quickly coming to a close - about 48 hours and counting. New Year's has always been a bit bittersweet. Sure it's great if you like crowds, cold weather while wearing a dress, 3-4 inch heels and no jacket, too much wind, drunken strangers, tons of bubbly, long drink lines, etc. But I, alas, do not enjoy those extras of New Year. If history recalls itself, I usually hang with my BFF Mell every New Year's since we both don't like crowds, make dinner, enjoy not being outside in the old with crowds, and then I fall asleep on the couch around 11:47pm subconsciously and wake up at 12:06am after the AULD LANG SYNE hyme/song/athem has played continuously. Hanging out with my BFF is not at all the bittersweet part but instead, it's the NYE *dun-dun-duuuun!* jingle that says, "What have you done this year?!" Often if gives us HIGHLIGHTED time to reflect on everything we said we were going to do, improve, change....but didn't. Granted, the "glass is half-full side" of life will always remind you to remember "all the good" that did occur. But for the bigger changes you've been meaning to do, improve, etc. they are still evident on 12/31, the last day of the year, that they are still in the INCOMPLETE bin of life.

On every 12/31, we say, "I'm going to start going to the gym more!", "I'm going to read more books!", "I'm going to volunteer more!", etc. etc. but clearly we haven't been making enough effort. So screw the once a year New Year's! Let's make everyday New Year's so the reminder of what we've accomplished and what we've yet to accomplish, is evident year-round! Let's just get off our butts and wake up and smell the coffee. Today, is the beginning of the new year.