Simple ways to enjoy New Year's eve without having to party
Write a letter to your current year to bid it goodbye. Saying everything that was messed up about it and thanking it for all the things it got right.
Reviewing your last decade by taking a few moments to think about each year. You could write a few lines, dedicate a word or illustrate something for each year. It doesn’t have to capture every single thing that you remember about that year but merely its essence.
Go to all your favourite restaurants in the evening before it starts to get crowded and get take out of your favourite dishes and then head home to enjoy your feast.
Call up all your loved ones and wish them all the joy and peace and love for the coming year + decade. You could also take some time to write a tiny personalised message for each person and accompany it with a gorgeous/goofy selfie.
Bake yourself a cake while drinking your favourite beverage (wine, coke, juice, coffee).
Write a letter to your new year, not to burden it with your expectations but to welcome it and to say, ‘I hope we get along well xx’
Follow a fun new year tradition from a country around the world. Like eating 12 grapes, one representing each month of the new year, while making a wish, at the new year countdown or making a list of all the good and bad things that happened to you in the year and throwing it into a fire.
Start a book, so when the new year rings in, you’re halfway done with your first book of 2020.
Have a delicious home-cooked dinner at your home with people you genuinely have a good, peaceful and happy time with. Sure, it could be family or friends but it could also be your neighbour or your co-worker (some of them are sweethearts!).
Honestly, no matter how your NYE or 1st Jan goes, please remember that it’s not a reflection of how the rest of the year will be. I mean, of course, it’s amazing if you have a great one but even if you don’t, just remember that it in no way dictates the way your rest of the year will pan out. Only your daily choices will and in that you must have faith in yourself because it’s 2020 and if you won’t take control of your life right now, honestly, when will you?
Glitter confetti, chocolate brownies and warm kisses xoxo