But the last thing I want to tell you is that no matter what your plans are for tonight or tomorrow you are hot and great and magical and enough. I have to go now and get some delicious coffee and a cheesy biscuit thing because not having goals is hard work and stuff. And I will ask you to cross those off the list. But I will ask you to look over your goals and see which ones are based in the belief that you're not enough right now, just as you are. So, I won't tell you to just throw those out the window if you have them. Why? Because this tradition is based in capitalism, patriarchy, and fatphobia that's why!Įven though not having NYE goals seems like the easier option, I realize that it's actually a huge deal not to give into a pervasive cultural ritual. I think this whole obsession with goals and aspirations on NYE is a tradition worth eradicating. I don't think wishing you were a totally different person for several days (weeks? months?) a year is normal. This is a ritual that many people participate in, so maybe it seems like it's completely normal. I would develop a diet plan and an exercise regimen, and then obviously I would eat every imaginable delicious thing because this was going to be the last time I had anything like that in my mouth for a very long time. Every single NYE I thought about how much weight I was going to lose in the new year. I remember when I used to look forward to New Year's Eve because I felt the final night of each year held the magical potential to usher in a whole new life, a whole new me. I smiled when I realized how proud I was of my goal-less New Year's Eve. I don't have a single special goal, or a big big dream for a whole new _. I haven't spent the last two weeks waiting with anxiety for this day to mark the beginning of a major shift in my life. I woke up about 30 minutes ago, checked my email, my text messages, began plotting my outfit for a party I'm going to tonight and realized that tomorrow is the first of the year. Today is December 31, 2013, and it doesn't matter.
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