New Year’s Eve

Summary

The author expresses impatience with the slow passage of New Year's Eve, eagerly anticipating the start of 2022 to begin working on new goals and ideas.

Abstract

The article conveys the author's disdain for New Year's Eve, describing it as an unnecessarily long day that delays the excitement of starting afresh in 2022. Despite having plans and goals ready for the new year, the author feels constrained by the symbolic barrier of the calendar turning over. The anticipation of the new year's beginning is palpable, with the author expressing a strong desire to jumpstart their 2022 ambitions immediately, rather than waiting for the clock to strike midnight.

Opinions

The author dislikes New Year's Eve, finding it to be a day that drags on excessively.
There is an acknowledgment that the anticipation of the new year is largely self-imposed, as there's no practical reason to delay starting on new goals.
The author is eager and ready to begin working on their 2022 goals, viewing the calendar's page turn as a significant symbolic event.
Despite the impatience, the author is hopeful and looking forward to a successful and productive new year.

Hurry up and jog on, will you?

Nearly 12.00! © Simon Whaley

I hate New Year’s Eve. (And not just because I’m a boring old fart.) It drags. And drags. And drags. It feels like it’s twice as long as any other day.

I love a fresh start. New year, new goals. I’ve been busy generating ideas and plans about what to do in 2022. I’m raring to go now, but I can’t because it’s still 2021. I want it to be 2022 now!

But really, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever why I can’t make a start on my 2022 goals in 2021, is there? Yet that turn of a page on the calendar is so symbolic. It’s New Year’s Eve. It’s still 2021. All those new thoughts and ideas are for 2022.

Which is why I hate New Year’s Eve. I want to get going. But at least the countdown has begun.

Here’s wishing you all a fantastic 2022 too!