January 1st feels just like the number 0. It feels like the start space on a board game. It feels like midnight, but in military time; 00:00. January 1st, no matter what day it lands on, will always feel like an unofficial reset. This year, it falls on a Monday.
A weekend of self-reflection and celebration has passed. The last weekend of 2023 has come and gone, and here we are starting a new week. Yes, technically Sunday would make it a new week, but we count that as the end of the week since it's a part of the weekend.
January 1st, 2024. The reset button. The "thank God the year officially ended" feeling. The "I hope 2024 treats me well" resolution.
The "1994 babies, it's your time to say hello to 30!" talks with those that either are 30 or are turning 30 in the coming years.
Hi, my name is Liz, and I am a 1994 baby; 8 days away from being 30.
January 1st is more than just another reset to another year; it's the start of a new decade of life. Experiences. Goals, aspirations, plans to see 40 in the next decade of life. The decade that takes everything you learned in your 20s and now practice those life lessons in your 30s. The decade where you might get married, have kids, attend other people's weddings and baby showers and kid birthday parties. The decade where you understand your parents a bit more, as they were once your age figuring it all out just like you.
It's truly the decade where you don't give a shit; you've spent so much of your time doing so in your 20s and it never ends up being worth it. It's the decade that you start not only living for yourself, but you start living as yourself; no façade, no persona, it's just you.
And I think I'm excited for just that. Pushing the reset button to start a new decade in life. To live this Monday and see it as a fresh start, leaving last week in the past year. Standing at the "start" space on a board game of life. Looking at the clock strike midnight and think, "I have another 24 hours to get it right."
January 1st, 2024. The first page of the first chapter in many chapters to come.
Happy New Year, blog readers. ♥️
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