We Should Celebrate New Year Every Day

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my first few bucks as a writer. Big steps — but I still feel behind. Plus, the things I’m facing on the 31st, I will still face on the 1st. And the 2nd. So what’s the difference?</p><p id="9bc9">The more I think about New Year’s Eve, the less I understand. We celebrate our triumphs and lick our wounds. We say goodbye to something, hello to something else. It’s good, it’s healthy. But why do it only once a year?</p><p id="5245">We should celebrate the end of every month. Every week. Heck, every day. We don’t need a party, but we should celebrate the small victories. We can celebrate making it out alive every day, and having the people we love. We’re still standing. On the days we lose, we should celebrate the end of the bad day and hope for a better one next.</p><p id="114e"><b>We need to apply the New Year logic to our everyday lives.</b></p><p id="af4a">New resolutions? Let’s do that every morning. Open your eyes and decide what you want to accomplish. Make the decision every day. Make it happen every day. <b>Have faith in yourself every day.</b></p><p id="9fb5">For what I know, the world might end tomorrow. Or it might not. So we need to live like there <i>is </i>a tomorrow.</p><p id="8f2a">Every day is a new beginning. It doesn’t mean that every single day will be good. It means that you can be grateful to have had it, grow from it and remember that you can start over again. And again. And again.</p><p id="4f1c">I’m not making any New Year’s resolutions. I like to set goals for the foreseeable future, may it be a week or a year. Instead, this year, I’ll start fresh every day. I’ll try again every day.</p><p id="c95e">I’ll give the world a chance every day.</p><p id="5e6b">Check out <a href="undefined">Chris

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It is not the day that matters, it is the intention.

I don’t wake up like this (Photo by Damir Spanic on Unsplash)

I like to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. I always have. I used to celebrate it with my family and family friends. Then, for the last few years, I would celebrate with my best friend.

This year, I celebrated with my husband. Our first New Year as a married couple. We stayed at home with our dog. He played some video games while I tried to wrap up an article. Then, we watched Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. By 11:30 PM we turned the TV on and waited for the ball to drop. Once the ball dropped in New York, we waited for the Fleur de Lys in New Orleans. Then we waited for Los Angeles, but ads were on when the clock struck 2 AM. We missed it, complained about ads, and went to sleep.

All in all, it was a nice evening. We kissed at midnight. We drank the champagne that turned out to be sparkly wine. It wasn’t shinny, nor Instagram-worthy, but we loved it.

I enjoy spending the night with people I love, but every New Year I have this anxiety that turns my stomach upside down. Another year has passed. What have I accomplished? Every year, I get to add to the list.

This year I got married, started writing on Medium, and made my first few bucks as a writer. Big steps — but I still feel behind. Plus, the things I’m facing on the 31st, I will still face on the 1st. And the 2nd. So what’s the difference?

The more I think about New Year’s Eve, the less I understand. We celebrate our triumphs and lick our wounds. We say goodbye to something, hello to something else. It’s good, it’s healthy. But why do it only once a year?

We should celebrate the end of every month. Every week. Heck, every day. We don’t need a party, but we should celebrate the small victories. We can celebrate making it out alive every day, and having the people we love. We’re still standing. On the days we lose, we should celebrate the end of the bad day and hope for a better one next.

We need to apply the New Year logic to our everyday lives.

New resolutions? Let’s do that every morning. Open your eyes and decide what you want to accomplish. Make the decision every day. Make it happen every day. Have faith in yourself every day.

For what I know, the world might end tomorrow. Or it might not. So we need to live like there is a tomorrow.

Every day is a new beginning. It doesn’t mean that every single day will be good. It means that you can be grateful to have had it, grow from it and remember that you can start over again. And again. And again.

I’m not making any New Year’s resolutions. I like to set goals for the foreseeable future, may it be a week or a year. Instead, this year, I’ll start fresh every day. I’ll try again every day.

I’ll give the world a chance every day.

Check out Christina’s article about what the New Year means to you. The article invites further self-reflection. A great place to start!

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