What is new about the New Year?

 

      While this post may appear as a late entry with respect to its topic, it is hard to believe that January has pushed us ahead by 20 days, already! While rejoicing under the happiness of a new start and manipulating resolutions in light of practicality, we realize that there is nothing new about the New Year now. Beginning on a high-energy level, proceeding at an average pace and finally moving along like the one before, every passing year repeats its course of story. Unable to process this change instantly, while our mind confuses old digits of the year with the new ones, these mistakes mark the true start of a new journey.

     An opportunity to commence a new phase, a chance to experience novel adventures – New Year opens the door to interesting ideas. Though we continue our routine course of work within the same environment, surrounded by the same set of people, start of a New Year illuminates our mind with new rays of light. While dealing with the daily share of troubles, insecurities, failures and problems, arrival of New Year introduces positive changes into our schedule. Though we march ahead with the support of old resources and continue fulfillment of similar past responsibilities, one single change in the digit appears to create wonders!

     By changing our old perspectives towards several aspects, New Year inspires us towards new experiments and newer adventures. With this, as the trend of resolution takes birth during the start of every year, the real purpose of its occurrence is to motivate and encourage. Forcing us to contemplate about our failures, errors, mistakes and shortcomings, a new start hopes to create a newer self.

     New Year resolutions are well known for changing their shades and colors, even before one can register this transition. Following a particular pattern along fixed time frames, the rise and fall of resolutions appear totally interesting. Assuming bright, energetic colors during last few days of the old year, shining with maximum glow during first ten days of the New Year and losing its shade by the end of first month, resolutions undergo great changes indeed! As they fade away to a discolored appearance, novel excuses and interesting reasons replace them instantly.

       Holding diverse opinions about these resolutions, each one choose to work differently. While some believe in its power and follow it religiously right till the end (though not sure about the strength of such a group!), many enjoy the fun that follows. Making strong statements and firm decisions only to be replaced with constructive reasoning is surely not an easy task! Besides, some choose to make this resolution as part of a forced activity, while few others express strong opposition. Though each one of us may follow different schools of thought, the real purpose aims towards arrival of positive changes and departure of negative ones.

   Returning back to the question of this title, what is new about a New Year? While I scribble down my top 10 answers to this query, hunt for your own set as well!

1.       New ideas, new suggestions, new advice and new experiences – New Year is about trying out something different.

2.       Initial months are marked with the excitement of a new habit or new change in the routine lifestyle, though how long it stays true depends on our convenience, determination, dedication and interest.

3.       The determination to give up old bad habits or incorrect routes of any task shine brighter in the New Year.

  

4.       Positive approach to convert failures into success take birth during the start of a new chapter.

5.       New Year instill hopes, wishes, dreams and goals in our system as we look forward to the new beginning.

  

6.       As moments of the previous year convert into memories during the new one, several additions are registered into our memory files.

7.       A strong will to make the year memorable and interesting as compared to the previous one marks the course of a New Year.

8.       Increased digit of age may be one of the undesirable gifts of the New Year!

9.       Excitement of accepting new challenges as New Year forces us to climb one step on the ladder of life.

10.    Lastly, new calendars, new holidays, new weekends and new vacation plans are the happy new factors of a New Year!

      So, while newness of a New Year fades within few days of the first month; its experiences, encounters, adventures and activities continue to be new all through the year. As each day is a novel challenge in the reality show called ‘LIFE’, answers to what is new shall change along the passing time!

P.S: What is your resolution for the New Year? Hope you stay focused from its first month to the last!