New Years Eve. New. New how? As a kid I never got it, but then who does at that age? As I grew up into my teens I realized it became a skull rollicking alco-rampage before finally coming out of education and into adulthood to steer away from the hype. That's what New Years Eve became. Every year I would watch friends use the calendar to attempt to reconfigure their lives in an organized fashion so that for a month they could feel they were going to make some incredible life-changing decision that would remain a permanent fixture in their daily lives, only to then realize that by February it was idealism and peer pressure which fell by the way side of reality. Personally, I make resolutions throughout the year. I write them down and I can honestly say the ones from this year have, for the most part, stuck more than any other year. I already know what I want to be doing a year from now. I already know physically and mentally what I need to change, partly because of the career I'm in, the interests I need to focus on and that I need to constantly adapt all the time. I've been fortunate enough to spend the New Year in different countries and different cities but not one has been better than the other. I've enjoyed the culture and the people and of course the celebrations. But to me, New Years Eve happens many times a year, so as long as I can celebrate with those close to me, things will only continue to get better. But just maybe a chorale of Auld Lang Syne can tear me up...
