new years eve isn't really my thing. it's one of those holidays with a lot of hype that has left me disappointed too many times. i've gotten better in the past few years - watching the last sun of the year set is a favorite personal tradition - and last year i took advantage of the fact that i actually had someone to kiss at midnight and went out.
for 2013 i tried something new - a jar of happy thoughts for the year. i tried to write anything and everything happy that happened throughout the year - no matter how small - and encouraged visitors of the peppered palm to do the same. i had a funny feeling at the beginning of 2013 that i'd be solo on new years eve and reading these "happy thoughts" would be the perfect way for me to get closure on the year and still feel like i'd been festive. funny how things work out - maybe i pictured myself alone a little too well.
just so we're clear - this isn't a "woe is me" ramble - if i wanted to do that i would discuss the devastating losing streak the lakers are on or the fact that i'm in a bad baking funk - but i digress. leaving my mom's tonight (where i've been watching said laker games) she worried that i'd be sad, reading my happy thoughts alone. that couldn't be further from the truth. sure, changes happened in 2013 - good, as well as some bad that i'd definitely throw out if i could - but the truth is that they happened and dwelling on the bad won't help me forward into the new year. so instead i dwelled on the good, the funny, the loving, the ridiculous and the compassionate memories of 2013. i smiled. i laughed out loud. and i drank a lot of peppermint tea.
whatever your celebrations were, i hope they made you happy and thankful for the past year you got to live. here's to a brand new year with no mistakes in it yet.
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