Nothing happened on New Years Eve and it was awesome

Maybe it’s a sign of getting older, maybe it’s my personality, but by ‘New Years Eve’ standards I did nothing on the night of December 31st and I was really satisfied with that.

For as long as I can recall there felt like pressure to go out on NYE, drink alcohol and stay up late - that was the vibe.

Which a lot of the time is fun, and there is nothing wrong with it. But this year it was different for me.

Many of my circle started talking about NYE plans and we didn’t have any. But the funny part was nobody sounded like they wanted any. I was 100% in that camp as well.

My NYE looked like this:

• Dinner with my wife, brother and his wife

• Ice cream afterwards

• Home by 8:00pm

• Asleep by 11:00pm

I was genuinely really satisfied with this night.

I spent time with my loved ones, ate good food and got a great nights rest all while feeling perfectly healthy and hydrated. How good.

(Ok fine, I felt rundown from the amount of social activities at this time of year but besides from that, healthy).

I’m not saying I’m above anyone who had a big old drinking sesh on NYE, not at all, more so that we shouldn’t feel this social pressure to do just that every time December 31st rolls around.

Ask yourself why you’re doing it. If you want to do it, please do, but if you don’t, please don’t.

This time of year there’s enough socialising going on anyway, sometimes all you want is a relaxing night in and a good snooze to cap off the year.

Happy 2025 all.