Dreams do come true. It snowed a little bit on Christmas Eve and a lot of it stuck, which meant I woke up with a fairly white(ish) Christmas. Even if it had mostly melted by the afternoon, I was happy that there was any snow at all. I basically got everything I wanted, which wasn't much anyway because I don't really want a whole lot anymore. I've come to realize, as I continue to grow and adult more, that I really just want to see my family and eat lots and lots of food together and drink and be merry.
Now that my update on how Christmas went is out of the way, let's talk about that fact that it's already the EIGHTH day of the year. How in the world has the first week of 2018 gone by so fast that it seems like Christmas and New Year's Eve feel like they happened several weeks ago? I've sometimes wondered why the feeling of the New Year dwindles away so quickly.
I guess I should elaborate. Christmas is it's own holiday which has a season that lasts roughly a month. New Year's falls towards the end of that season, but it's still its own holiday. We wait all year long for Christmas to get here, and when it's Boxing Day/the first day of Kwanzaa or the 30th, it still lingers a bit because Christmas can go on all through the following week because of vacations, parties, etc.
With New Year's, the big moment we all look forward to is the couple of minutes between 11:59 pm and 12:01am. As soon as it's midnight, we celebrate with fireworks, streamers, champagne, and friends. Some of us have already thought about and written down resolutions to accomplish, while others are still thinking and just waiting until January 1st to reflect and focus on those goals.
Even though it's really just another day, the first day of the year just brings with it a feeling of something brand new, that we're on a fresh, blank page. That's how I felt on New Year's Day. I had the day off, so I got to relax, do a tarot reading with the Astrological Spread (which is to be used only on birthdays and New Year's), and I just got to think about what I wanted out of 2018.
Having that said, here are some of my resolutions for the New Year:
1. Get some paid acting gigs to start my professional career.
2. Get all of my main gymnastics skills (roundoff back handspring, front tuck) back.
3. Learn a full tumbling pass (round off + back handspring + back flip of sorts or front handspring + front flip of sorts).
4. Possibly relocate to a town or city with a fairly big theatre market.
That's all I got for now. It's mostly professional/gymnastics-related. I read that it's best to only focus on a few resolutions rather than have a long list of them. It ensures total focus and you're more likely to achieve those goals. I thought I might as well let the rest of my life play out while I have no more than five resolutions. That way, I prevent more worry and stress and get closer towards accomplishing an achievement rather than breaking a resolution so early. Well, that seems to be a New Year's resolution in itself.
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