Thank God that's over

It's New Year's Eve and you can cry if you want to

December 31, 2023

The end of the year is the best/worst time of the year. There is nothing I feel more indecisive about. If you’re like me, it can’t be January 1st until some reflection has been done, and it comes whether you’re ready for it or not. 

It’s like everything from the last 365 days is wiped clean, which is great and simultaneously awful. It feels like the ultimate final-assignment-is-due-at-midnight anxiety or the last minute rush of a MasterChef challenge.

Unfortunately for Gordon Ramsey, we are the only ones in the front seat to judge our accomplishments or challenges of the year.

📝 Journal Prompts

Take 5 minutes to pause and have a moment of mindfulness on the last year. Use your journal, your Notes app, or just answer the questions in your head:

  • One word to describe 2023 would be _____.

  • What did I accomplish this year?

  • What are some things I wanted to accomplish this year, but didn’t?

  • What is one area I really grew?

  • What moments excited me the most this year?

  • One way I pushed myself out of my comfort zone this year ____.

  • Who were the integral people in my life this year? 

  • What do I want to eliminate from my life next year?

  • Who or what would I like to reconnect with in 2024?

Does going to a packed club with $35 vodka sodas make you feel like Lieutenant Dan on New Year’s? You are not the only one.

Here’s an ideal NYE if you’re staying in…

Order takeout or cook for yourself, put on a matching pajama set, turn your phone on Do Not Disturb and pick a festive movie or two (list below).

Afterwards, check how drunk Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are on their special, wait ‘til midnight or don’t.

And the best part: wake up in the new year without a hangover.

The reality is a lot of what happens next year, we will have absolutely no control over. I know this is not the new year pep talk control freaks like myself want to hear — though I’ve found comfort in the 10/90 rule:

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” —Charles R. Swindoll

If not one resolution or Bingo card holds up this year, knowing you get to decide how to show up for your loved ones and for yourself is pretty powerful.

Thank you for being a part of our community over the last month, year, or three years.

A reminder in case you haven’t heard it lately: No one knows what’s going on. You’re doing really great :)

Happy New Year, 20-somethings!

(It’s an even year, so it’s got to be good.)

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