It's the new year!

Well it's here. It's the new year. It's the time of year when most people either look back on the last year and make plans for the future. It's something about this time of year that makes people hopeful like nothing else can. Most people are optimistic at the start of a new year and make resolutions left and right. Parties are hatched to celebrate the end of a year, when in actual fact it is just another day.
Life goes on, nothing actually changes, but come December, inexplicably, there's this feeling that things are coming to an end and that in January, things are going to begin again anew. The truth is, it doesn't. The problems you had in December will still be there in January, the friends are the same, the family is the same, the work is the same...nothing changes, we just want it to.
The saddest thing about the new year, is the attitude of optimism that envelops you, the resolve and the sheer confidence that this year, things will be different, that you will be different. It's energizing and invigorating and it fades in a couple of weeks.
I know I know, that sounds negative and jaded, but it's true. The excitement that comes with the New Year fades over time. For some people, that buzz ends with a hangover from the New Year party, for others, its the slow grind of everyday life that takes its toll. Whatever the reason, it's over.
Am I immune to the excitement and hype of new year? No. Do I have a solution to this cycle of optimism and guilt? Maybe. See I refuse to fall into this trap of planning for the future and resolving to change myself and my environment. I don't know what tomorrow brings, no one does. Why the hell run around trying to plan for a future that may never come.
I am going to be as happy with myself as I can possibly be. The old saying comes to mind that possibly encapsulates my plan.
Take care of today and tomorrow will take care of itself.
I'm gonna try it.
Just me.