For some strange reason, New Year’s Eve is an occasion bursting with emotions, where people go out of their way to live in one night, what others undergo in years. It defers for every person, you have different types of crowds:
There is the wild crowd, that absolutely must spend New Year’s Eve pitch drunk, with the biggest number of people conceivable, as part of an extravagant glamorous night, with loud music blasting through the air, while confetti and fireworks rain overhead, with the night having to end in a shared kiss. The details are very hazy, and the kiss eventually can take place with a total stranger, as long as it indeed takes place.
Then you have the family oriented people, who take new years as an occasion to be shared with loved ones, preferably in a cozy environment where there is tenderness, affection, and laughter. again, the specifics can vary from immediate family members, to extended family, friends, and/or a significant other (or others, for all you polygamists out there).
And last but not least, you have the slackers of this world, who use New Year as an excuse to dwell on past issues gone wrong, failed romantic expeditions and under achieved work results. This group of people spend New Year’s Eve miserably, sulking and cursing at the world for all that is wrong in their lives.
Regardless of which group you fit into, or what activity comes closer to your heart. If it really means that much to you, do you need New Year’s Eve as an excuse to live it?
Now within these three above described groups, that hold little in common, one factor arises: New Year Resolutions.
Why this night, of all nights holds significance of such magnitude is beyond my comprehension. It is, after all just another day. A person’s life, by my standard is very precious, and very valuable. And here comes the question that is always on my mind every year, whenever I hear a friend declare his/her new year resolutions: Is your life really that perfect, that inspecting it and reaching solid resolutions; as a tactic, can server purpose by being done only once a year?
Everyday, is a good day to reach resolutions, and to make changes.
Everyday, is a great day for you to take a little step further, into becoming happier, healthier and more productive.
Everyday, should be more like New Year’s Eve. Regardless of how you choose to celebrate it.
Ahmad Al Charif 
on the same note, wouldn’t this reasoning by extension nullify the importance of birthdays!! therefore we are to cherish people we love everyday not just after the earth has rotated fully around the sun !! and examine our past behavior whenever we can not just when we add 1 to our age?
im not saying i disagree !!! ive always been baffled by how much importance people give to a random day !!! but im jst surprised that some1 i know to make a big deal out of birthdays would have such an attitude towards new years 😉
Hi Falefel,
Thanks for stopping by, and all the comments! The point is not that these occasions are devoid of meaning, after all some people do genuinely enjoy them. The point is that self examination and improvement, and doing things that are enjoyable should not only (or mostly) be done on these occasions, such as new year’s & birthdays.
as to my personal take on birthdays, you have read so many of my articles but i did tackle birthdays in “Birthday thoughts – compiling”. give that a read if you want… You may not know me as well as you think you do 😉