2011

2011.
I keep saying that to myself.
2011.
It's mind-boggling.
2011.
It sounds weird.
2011.
It sounds... new.

I really don't like the transition from 2010 to 2011. It's fun to be with your friends and to have a good time, but on New Year's Eve, I always think, "This is my last chance to do..." I get my last hug, last picture, last time outside, last anything and then I remember it. Really, the only difference between that stroke of midnight, and any other stroke of midnight, is the change in the year number.

There's two points with a change in year.

1. On New Year's Eve, we try to do everything we can because it is our last chance to do that something in the current year. What would happen if we had that point of view with everyday? After all, it is your last chance to do something on that day. The current day will never come again, just like 2010, will never come again. Today, this very day, will never come again.

If we said to ourselves, "This is my last chance to (insert certain thing here) today", imagine how different our world would be. No procrastinaters. No regrets. New Year's Eve is a reminder to us that the moment you are in right now is all you are promised.

2. Forgiveness. Like I said, I don't like the whole "last chance to do this in 2010", it makes me sad. I was thinking that maybe New Year's Eve is another reminder for us that there is a second chance. Maybe, you didn't act like you wanted too that year. Maybe, you made a bad reputation for yourself by making one fatal mistake. Maybe, you experinced some sort of tragedy that year and you were left broken. New Years is a second chance. You may have been someone you didn't want to be in 2010, but it's not 2010 anymore, it's 2011. This is your second chance.

I've heard people ask, "What does 2011 bring for you?" I say, it brings everyone a second chance. A second chance to get your life together again. A second chance to make yourself happy. A second chance to be who you wanted to be and not what you had become.

2011 IS a good thing.
2011 is a second chance.
2011 is a NEW year.
2011 brings a NEW you.