The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year in my opinion, but I will never enjoy New Year's Eve. I love drinking wine and hanging out with friends as much as anyone, but I never seem to have an amazing time.
New Year's Eve is just an excuse to get drunk and kiss your crush at midnight. The movies and media make it out to be this a magical, romantic holiday. But really it's just you holding your friend's hair back while she cries about her ex right before midnight. The concept of New Year's Eve seems fun! What harm could come from good food, good alcohol, and good friends right?
Wrong.
This holiday is evil. It's like your last chance to make a bunch of really stupid mistakes before convincing yourself that "next year is going to be different!"
I realize this article is quite cynical, but I'm simply being honest. I hated New Year's Eve in high school, and I hate it now; maybe even more so since finishing my first semester at college. After your first semester, New Year's Eve is worse because you have to go to someone's basement, and people you don't really talk to or even like anymore will be there.
Being home was nice because I had my best friend and my boyfriend with me, but something about partying with 30 of my old classmates (some of which I forgot to keep in touch with) is a little uncomfortable. You can't go to a bar or a club or something.
If your hometown is anything like mine, there is absolutely nothing to do but drink in basements. So New Year's Eve parties and regular parties are not all that different besides the hats, glasses, and slightly nicer alcohol.
And resolutions? I'm sorry if you are a firm believer or successful doer of resolutions, but I think they are full of crap. You should want to be your best you all the time, not just at the beginning of a new year.
And how many people do you know who have actually stuck to their resolutions for the whole year? I know about two. Who came up with the concept of making these empty promises to ourselves just to be disappointed?
Maybe my opinion is so sour because I don't have a history of positive New Year Eve, but I just find the whole thing very taxing on our souls. Who says that we have to reinvent ourselves every year?
Why can't I be satisfied with who I am for more than 365 days? Why do I have to kiss someone at midnight? To prove my worth or ability to attract someone? It can be downright depressing for people without significant others.
Will I always hate New Year's Eve? Yes. Will I always celebrate New Year's Eve? Yes. It's very hard to escape New Year's Eve, and I'm not writing this to persuade you to boycott the holiday! I just believe that New Year's should stand for something different. That's all.
