It seems that things have become an endless cycle, constantly being swirled in an infinite loop of empty promises, fulfillment of dreams and year-long aspirations. The term cliche is used to describe events such as these, we know them as New Year’s resolutions.
Whether its to lose weight, end procrastination, give up an addiction or to simply reinvent one’s self, resolutions mark the beginning of change. These changes can better our lives, resolve bad habits or mend broken bonds.
Perhaps it is our ambition that challenges us to better ourselves so that the journey of a new year will not be as rough as the last.
Although not everyone keeps their resolutions, many of us seem to come to the one consensus, our New Year’s traditions mean something.
“The grapes, eating the grapes with my grandmother, in my own way I guess that just means conquering the new year,” says Genesis Gilles, a junior at Miami Lakes Educational Center.
A simple tradition such as eating grapes at midnight is what makes the beginning of a new year special because truthfully it is our mundane acts that give meaning to a new year.
Whether it be the blazing fireworks that protrude the sky, glittering the clouds with color or the built-up suspense of waiting for the New Year’s ball drop, New Year’s traditions are special.
It is the uncle that is laid in the couch half asleep at the New Year’s party or the excitement of the youngest child who—circumstantially—will have their first all-nighter that make traditions special. Regardless, as to whether or not our resolutions are fulfilled, it is certain that they symbolize the start of a new year and a chance to start more traditions.
