Published on 12, July, 2020
There have been lots of posts lately about Christmas. I quite like Christmas and find it quite manageable. New Year however, I find much harder.
The last few years I've just stayed in by myself to avoid it but have felt myself feeling really quite upset and lonely especially seeing everyone's pictures on social media of them enjoying bringing it in with their loved ones. I know I should avoid looking but I can't resist.
I'd happily see in the new year with a small group of friends. Food, a few drinks and some games. This would be my perfect new year. I don't know anyone that would want to bring in the new year like this though.
I have the option this year of going to the pub with a couple of friends but I know the pub will be really busy on New Years Eve and I would just hate it. I'm not a big drinker either. I've tried going to the pub for New Year before and just sat in the corner wishing the hours away.
I don't really have any close friends so it's difficult to explain to people why I wouldn't want to bring in New Year the same way as them and I certainly don't want to ruin anyone else's fun.
My parents have a group of friends that take it in turns to host New Year so I can't go to them either.
I really hate New Year after New Year being me bringing it in alone. I like me time and not spending too much time with people but I really wish I had a good friend or 2 I could share these times with and would understand the difficulties I have with them.
How do other people cope with this time of year?
I don't really celebrate New Year's Eve and Day. To me they are just your average day. I used to celebrate them, I would spend New Year's Eve watching films and then would do the big countdown to midnight and I would always jot down the new years resolutions I had come up with but then I stopped doing that too because I never stuck with my resolutions and it became depressing because I had a long list of things I never finished LOL.
I still watch films on New Year's Eve but I don't stay up until midnight and I watch films every night anyway. I don't see the point in seeing in the new year, usually the end result is me being absolutely shattered and cranky the next day LOL and that's something no body wants.