And so we stand. Astride the years.

For this day and this day alone. The time between two days is the time between two years.

New Year’s Eve is special because it signals a divide. Between past and present, between present and future. It is also associated with death of the old and birth anew.

If there is any time for reflection, it is now. Look forward, look back. Stand astride the years and look each way.

Then leap.

Dive into the future. Into new adventures.

Go forth with all your heart. I’m a firm believer in the principle of what you put in being returned to you.

So put in everything.

Reflect, but don’t let it tie you down.

Drink deeply, from life and all its experiences.

Tonight will be my last night devil-dancing with alcohol. I know myself and I know I’ve been but a small step away from addiction. Better to stop myself now than to attempt to wring myself out later.

I also intend to join a gym going into the New Year. My resolutions couldn’t get more stereotypical, except for the fact they are not resolutions.

The root of New Year’s Resolutions being notoriously difficult to stick to is the mindset around them. You can’t change something in your life just by thinking you ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’.

You have to want the change. To embrace it. For me, giving up alcohol is something I have been considering for a long time. It’s not a resolution in the traditional sense, resolution just happens to be a good word for it. And New Year’s happens to be a symbolic time.

If you want to change with the turning over of the years, you have to truly want to change. Desire it, set your resolve. Change is a fight, so dig in for it.

After that, all begins to fall into place.

I make no apologies for the following cliche… Until next year!

Thought for the day: You’re always one decision away from a totally different life