Not all Holidays are Vacations

I am never tremendous at the new year. Most of my life-altering behaviors occur at other times, where the pressure to change is assuaged by the monotony of daily life.

This year I was embarrassingly drunk at a NYE party where I knew very few people. I was in a city where, similarly, I knew very few people. Perhaps I should be thankful that I was not with people I have to see, i.e., the proverbial shit is far from where I eat. But in another way, it hit a little to close to home and left me convinced that change has to happen sooner rather than later.

Perhaps what will be new about this year is the embracing of New Years.