Fun & Famous
18X WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
A NEW YEAR
May I have your attention for the hashtag of December? That was #newyearnewme. I don't understand it at all, because why do you suddenly want so many things to be different on January 1st? And I always get the vague feeling that it doesn't really have to be better, but it just shouldn't be the same as before. As if you switch to change mode around the new year. It's a bit odd, isn't it?
But to be honest: around twelve-ish, my mind also switched to overthinking mode. Goodness (by the way, I’m not allowed to say that anymore from Kiek, read here why), what a bizarre year actually. And it feels like yesterday that... Or maybe I should have done this or that or the other way around? It starts around twelve o'clock and actually continues until now. A fresh chance, a clean slate, an empty to-do list or well... almost, call it what you want. A new year offers so many options and that gives you brainwaves.
Brainwaves of this kind:
1. Okay... Almost twelve o'clock, ALMOST TWELVE O'CLOCK, where's that champagne? Hurry up, or we'll miss it. Quick, that cork. Yup, this is just before the countdown, but hey, you're already half with your head in that new year.
2. Nice job with the weight loss. Extra love handles are now available for free pickup at Pilotenstraat in Amsterdam.
3. THIS is going to be my year. Last year was also my year, but THIS, guys, is really going to be my year. Mark my words. My year.
4. It wasn't that bad turning thirty. All parts are still in place and nothing has started to sag. Is my hair going to turn fifty shades of gray this year? That's a huge bummer, I must say. 2017 is going to be recorded as a gray situation.
5. I'm going to exercise and by the way, I'm also going to stop eating, because what on earth do you need food for? Exactly, I'm never going to eat again.
6. Man, what a hangover I have. I want a hamburger with a kilo of cheddar cheese. ‘Honey, shall I make you a nice burger? I'll have a small one myself.’
7. (Every thinks:) Shit, still no guy. In 2017 I'm going to find him, but really.
“Hey, a firework.”
8. And, what happened to that traveling by the way? I was supposed to travel. I did travel, but not to those far corners I had in mind. This year I'm really going to travel.
9. Oh right, quitting smoking still needs to happen. Well, let's schedule that in just after carnival and before summer, should work.
10. And from now on I'm also going to do my administration, because that makes spending so much nicer. A budget, balance; saving, all that stuff. I'm going to be my own financial expenditure.
11. By the way, have you read that Simone is going to exercise less? Damn, I actually wanted to say more, but I can also relate to her philosophy. I just don't really recognize myself in her figure, maybe I should actually exercise.
12. Oh shit, am I going to have to kiss everyone at work later. That's not even the biggest problem, it's the people you’re not sure if they even want to be kissed. Tough.
13. When can that Christmas tree actually come down from the balcony? Was it 5 or 6 January? Oh, of course with Epiphany. Silly of me (types Epiphany into Google).
14. And how many nights is it until summer? I'm so fed up with this dreary weather.
15. Or well, a bit of snow is nice in itself. But only on the weekend, because driving on such a white road is a drama.
16. By the way, did I win that lottery? Oooh, maybe I won the lottery.
17. I'm going to visit my grandpa, grandma, aunt, favorite friends, vague acquaintances, and buddies more often. Guys, I have neglected them. I'm a terrible person.
18. Hey, a firework.
