A new year has arrived, and with it come familiar promises of fresh starts and new beginnings. It’s also a time when people start sharing their resolutions for the year ahead. January 1 makes sense as a marker – it’s neat, symbolic and easy to remember. However, lately, the occasion has started to annoy me a little bit. It used to be about welcoming in a new year, but it has become so commercialised that it’s starting to feel a bit too much.
How many times have we heard the phrase “new year, new me”? It’s somehow become the de facto motto when it comes to New Year’s. But I wonder why we have to act as though turning a calendar page means we must somehow turn into someone new? Why not "new year, old me"? What if we’re actually happy with who we are? That’s not to say self-improvement isn’t possible and, of course, no one is perfect, but do we really need to keep hunting for flaws to fix?
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