They say that January 1 is the blank page of a new book. That this day marks reinvention. That all mistakes from the last 365 days can be erased at the snap of a confetti popper and a clink of a glass of Moët. But northern hemisphere living has got me all confused. Because this sort of life rejuvenation usually happens in the summer, when eating fresh fruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner to change your diet is appealing and satisfying, when rising with the sun at 5am to go for a run on the beach seems like a good idea, and when your skin glows a healthy shade of bronze, developed from just sitting in the car. The air is heavy with good, clean, progressive living.
But here, there's two. New Year's Day - ie, the shortest day of the year* and la Rentrée, which usually falls at the beginning of September - ie post summer and the advent of winter. So there's a spanner in my resolution works, or a definite escape for not making any, as I think to myself anything I want to change will just have to happen at the other, I'm not ready now. But if I continue to not make any, how on earth am I to completely substitute all that I dislike in my existence with that that will make me a positive and productive person? Conundrum.
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