It is the first day of the year. And if you are feeling anything like one of these mentioned below, feel even more content that you will forget it at the most by the 3rd of January 2018. And it is OKAY if you don't want to make a big difference to your life, at least not at the cost of being under pressure. Sit back and relax. Be good and definitely do good! That's all!
Slap yourself, pinch yourself, or better take the ice bucket challenge; nothing's going to work! It is going to be the same awful feeling for the next couple of hours. In short, you are terribly hung over. And just in case, you are wondering, 'when you can drink like a fish, what has gone wrong this time; well drinking like a fish and drinking the whole pond are two different things. At the party last night, you not only manned the bar but also compensated for the last minute ditchers; you drank on their behalf. Did anybody tell you that 2018 was a dry year? Guess your evil twin did! Deal with it now!
I mean you celebrate the day when you actually get older, which is your birthday. Yet a change in the calendar year that universally applies to everyone including the ones born on 29th of February, makes you feel older. For heaven’s sake enjoy the day. Find ways to feel younger in your heart throughout the year. And in case you were born on the 1st of January, that is, it’s your birthday today, we wish you a great year ahead. Also feel happy, that you get to lament on ageing only once by default.
FYI. Today began at 12 AM. And you swiped your card four hours later at the fanciest pub to pay a bill that included an exorbitant cover charge plus food and beverages. And as luck would have it, your credit card bill landed in your hands this afternoon. Last night’s celebration spending, the designer dinner jacket or the extravagant gown (whatever your sex/dress choice is) bought for New Year's eve is obviously not reflecting on this bill. This one exhibits just some of your casual indulgences, Mr or Mrs spendthrift! Old habits die hard my friend. So don't pledge the impossible: 'i will save money'. We shall check your bank balance, savings, FDs, mutual funds, etc, same time, next year.
The first sunrise of 2018 made you realise: ‘Lonely I'm so lonely, I have nobody, to call my own, I’m so lonely, I'm Mr Lonely’. So there are three reasons for this melancholia. Obviously, Akon’s number was reverberating on the highest volume as someone (like you) put it on loop at the party last night. Two, a mix of drinks had this intoxicating effect on you. Three, you were the only official stag around in that gathering full of couples. But let’s rewind a bit now; you were feeling the same the last year, the year before the last and five years before. The date was the same though. 1st January. Just the years kept changing. And we rather not mention your receding hairline, the increasing thickness of your spectacle glasses and yes, of course, the fatter-by-the-year-paycheques. You have all the signs of a condition called commitment phobia and in your case, unfortunately, it’s terminal. However, we are still positive, since miracles do happen.
You have just left the party season behind. You attended every single do you were invited to and gorged up every delectable served: starters to desserts, and honey, you are feeling guilty now. If you were so serious about weight and waist management, then it would have never waited to see the end of the world. Hopefully, doomsday would never come just like your rock-solid determination to go on a diet. Don’t repent now. And why only on 1st of January? Do you manage to don a new body on other days? Stop cribbing and embrace yourself, unless you get a new brain that boycotts hunger pangs.
You have been the gracious host through the wee hours of the night and the next morning there is a mess left behind including few sloshed souls raiding every possible sleep-able area in your house. Today, you do wish to be the ten-armed goddess and also have a few more in your clean-up team. But to begin with, your official Bai has called in sick. The first day of the year, it is. We ain’t hinting at any superstitions. You have taken ten rounds of the house, and don’t know where to begin from. Your party was a hit but the aftermath can be equated to that of a ‘hurricane’. Still cursing yourself for volunteering to play the host? Come on you did that last year too. Accept that you are a warm person and get on with your task. Be careful about the broken glass bottles though. Ouch!
What’s with January 1st? The psychological implications are disturbing, I’d say. What seems alright for one whole year, starts pricking like a pin on the 1st day of the new year, year after year. Let’s tell you acceptance and satisfaction are the biggest keys to bliss. That doesn't mean you can’t go farther or better, but not just for one day, that too only in your head. We suggest you pick a day after the financial year-end. That, if you realise is going to be far more motivating and realistic. As of now, forget it like you did the last year.
Happy New Year Everybody!
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