New Year, New Who Gives a Damn

I personally hate time constructs. I hate the way we’ve collectively agreed that because a new calendar year starts, we’re suddenly supposed to reinvent ourselves overnight. Like January 1st hits and now you’re expected to be a completely different person with better habits, clearer goals, and a whole new life.

At the same time, I get it. I understand why a new year makes people want to change. There’s something about it that feels like a reset button, even though, if we’re being honest, we have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves every single day.

January through December is just a loop. Time keeps moving whether we acknowledge it or not. The calendar we follow today is really just a system shaped over time, from early Roman structures to later reforms like the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Humans decided how to measure time. Time itself doesn’t actually reset.

And I know I’m rambling a bit, but what I’m really saying is this: I do want to change a lot of things about myself this year. I think I’m projecting all of that onto the calendar because it creates this pressure….this “now or never” feeling. Like if I don’t start immediately, I’ve somehow failed before I even began.

So as the new year approaches, in literal hours I’m having a moment. A pause. A reminder that time is a construct. That I’m not late. That I’m not behind. And that I don’t need permission from a date to become who I want to be.

You have time to reinvent yourself.

And if you really want to do it…just do it.

No countdown required.