Midway through the past year, I said I'd start writing again, and I did. Unfortunately, I also stopped soon after. Well, not completely. I did write a whole bunch of market research reports and Psych papers, but that wasn't really what I had in mind, since they don't quite fall under the category of writing just because. It's highly likely that this renewed interest in writing is brought about by the new year. Twenty-four (fine, almost 25) years later and I'm still attempting to make resolutions that are likely to be broken soon enough. But part of me believes that things will be different this year. A lot of maturing did take place in 2011. I hope it continues this year. A lot of things are in store, after all.
I said that this blog wouldn't be an excessively personal account. So I'd like to focus on what I started with, the new year. Yes, it's a few days late, but this will have to do. This new year, I seemed to become hyperaware of everyone's zest for facing the new year. On the one hand, I may have become more observant with increased Psych experience. On the other hand, it just might be an actual spike in people's declarations about the past year and the year ahead. You have to wonder why so many people are making such a big deal about it. January 1, 2012 pretty much just felt like any other tomorrow to December 31, 2011. Nothing drastic happened with the addition of one to 2011. But I think as people, we're all suckers for new beginnings, with the chance to start over. It's highly likely that it's all just in our heads. The number of unfulfilled resolutions can probably attest to that.
But then you also have data (I use the term loosely as I have no specific sources cited) on the spike in breakups and resignations in January. So yes, some people really do start over at the start of the new year. And yes, even if many of our resolutions remain as resolutions for the following year (and n number of years after that), the fact that we are making resolutions means that we are stopping to examine ourselves. But really, this ought to take place more frequently than just a yearly basis. Each day, after all, is a new beginning. If every new day were treated like a new year, maybe we can see more good changes happening.
