Happy Old Year!!

What is all the hype about concerning the new year. I definitely understand that its kind of a fresh start. You can look forward to and make plans for the next measure of twelve months we call a year. This seems very unnatural for our culture.

As a culture, it seems to me that we like to celebrate the end of things. Whether it was a bad experience or good we tend to let loose and relax after its all said and done. Summer time is a good example, we dont have beginning of summer parties. We just start having fun and throwing regular parties. We do have end of summer parties though... Look at weekends, theyre great. Why dont we call them weekstarts? Besides sounding stupid, no one wants to celebrate the begining of a work week.

Im a glass half full kind of guy, so naturally i want to hope the best for the upcomming year. I have ideas and plans for my time, and asparations id like to see fulfilled. But this time of year for me is more about reflection. To come up with goals or ways you want to improve you need to know where youre starting or what you have to work with. Thinking back on a year full of ups and downs, i can reflect on good things i want more of and bad things id like to change. Id think this would be big considering how much stock we put into cameras and video.

If youve had a good year, awesome! Congratulate yourself, relax, and live it up for a couple days. If youve had a bad year, well its over. Congratulations you made it! Take a couple days, chill out, have some fun, and plan your attack. And for both of you i say Happy Old Year!