19. New Year, Same Old Me

The phrase "New Year, New Me" always struck me as odd. What does that even mean? How would an arbitrary number, like a new year.. Turn someone into an almost "new" person, and why? You may be thinking that its a joke and people aren't really serious about that, or that we are over thinking it. On the contrary, we can see new year resolutions as essentially the same concept. A blind person can see that people are definitely serious about that, its become an phenomenon at this point in our society. If that doesn't make it serious, then maybe the millions in profit these companies rake in from all these new resolutions does. Now that we have established that this is not a joke and is a serious thing, again we ask.. Why?

Its very clearly a psychological thing, with some added help from big companies and society's influence as a whole. "New beginnings" are very romanticized. It has become an unconscious thing that the current life style we are living is not adequate, not good enough. Why do we need resolutions or for us to become newer better people? The questions are virtually endless.. Why wait for the new year? Why not make resolutions every day? Why not be a "new me" in September? Why bother with any of that, why cant you be fulfilled the same way before and after new years? It can get very ridiculous, as you can see. The truth is, there is not real good reason as to "why?". Have you even asked yourself why? Probably not, you just do it. Its the norm, everybody else does it, and its a hallow way of trying to validate ones self. 

Once you get passed all the conditioning and pressure of the new years season, some may begin to realize something. You don't need to change, be a new person, or make any resolutions.. You just need to be the person you truly want to be. That person is in you, it always has been. And that person does not need some date, holiday, or anything else like that.. That person just need you to have the passion and desire to be the best that you can be... 24/7, all year round. Don't wait for new years, your birthday, Christmas, a new relationship, a break up, or any other trivial event to be the best person you can be. Do it right now! From the day that you were born, you were already complete. You were the same person then, and you will be the same person 10 years from now. You don't need this "New Year, New Me" thing to make yourself happy.. You just need to the same old you. Thats all who you will ever need, to love yourself.