New Years Day is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner and the 1st day of January is often marked as a national holiday.

I remember New Years’ when I was a little girl. My family would all get together at a family members house depending on who’s house it was the previous year. We would make dinner have a couple drinks and watch the ball drop. We would scream HAPPY NEW YEAR as the clock hit 12:00 am. Those days I am nostalgic for. That was the tradition. But traditions change, things change.

Last year I did not think too much of the new year. It just felt like a normal day. We did not meet up at any family members’ houses we just watched the ball drop on television, just my mom and I. As I grow older the holidays seem to become more and more mundane and pointless. But this new year was a great one because my family members from all around the country came to our place and shared the moment together. Family members we haven’t seen in years came to Brooklyn, NY to watch the ball drop from our television with champagne in their vacant hands.

I know you have probably seen most people posting about the new year and things they wish to achieve and change for the new year. I’m assuming by February people are back to their old selves again. It’s a new year. It’s a good way to start the new year with new perspectives, new “diets”, new ways of thinking, a new perspective, new everything. I guess that’s where the phrase New Year, New Me comes from. I think it’s cool that there is a new you, new me attitude. We should always be working on ways to make ourselves better and grow but I don’t think that we have to wait until the new year before we actually start doing so.

I thought about some new year resolutions that I would like incorporate. Things that I work on then forget about moments later. I guess one of new year resolutions is to be more consistent with things that I want to achieve. I have to quit falling off, I’m sure we all do sometimes but practice does make perfect, right? We have to go through things a few times in order to get it right. But you can’t be afraid to try again when you see you slacked. It takes really analyzing your surroundings in order to understand where you went wrong, take it and use it as a learning experience. See where you went wrong and fix the flaw and be on your way.

Beating yourself up about slacking won't do you any justice either. Accept the destination of the course and re-route. We can only move forward. I would like to start the new year off with gratitude and awareness of the things approaching!

Happy New Year!