I manage to pack a lot into my year; mostly it's by intent however due to situations in my life it's also by necessity. I don't mind though, it's mostly productive, I complain only a little - and soon after feel resigned to the fact I have to do things in life that aren't always pleasant and that it's best to just get on and do them so I have more time left over for the good parts.
By the end of the year I'm ready for a break and always have from Christmas Eve to the second of week in January off work, time in which I relax, catch up on some of the more pleasurable aspects of life, spend a lot of time with my guy and think towards the new year which, to me, always seems full of promise.
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I'm not one to celebrate the new year and new year's eave is often not much different to any other night of the year; although in all fairness it is the turning of one year to the next and that is usually seen as a good time to think about the previous year, look into what went right or wrong, the good and bad, productive and unproductive things and to lay plans that will capitalize on the good points and reduce the occurrence or possibility of the bad. I guess the turning of the new year makes me feel excited about what's to come, what may be possible, and I always, always set goals and lay plans to reach them.
I have some friends who feel anxious about the new year's arrival, one sees it as her getting older, another as stressful as she usually goes into it unprepared, goalless and planless. Me...my partner and I, think about it and determine what outcomes we would like and how we may get them and it's those goals and plans that leave me feeling excited and sometimes impatient to get into the new year and to chase those things.
I'll be spending a quiet evening with my partner on new year's eve; he's going to cook some special food - something he said with a wink which probably means he's going to order in take-out food - and we'll watch some shows on television, a new series we've begun recently. Come the first day of 2024 the old year and its complications, challenges and disappointments, it's highs and lows, will be something I've experienced and learned from, it'll be the past, and my eyes will be focused, with excitement and expectation, firmly on the new year.
Becca 💗
