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Why do we call it a "new" year when everything we did last year is going to be done the same this year? Why do we say it's going to be my new years resolution to "save money" when that same goal was my new years resolution last year? There is nothing "new" and shiny about the new year. All the celebrities who got in trouble last year are probably going to get in trouble again this year. It's absolutely pointless to call it a new year if you think of it the way I do.

Who can forget the Y2K hype that went on? Hate to tell you, but that was all a hype and everybody panicked for no reason. I think it is crazy how we think of a new year as being new. It really just contains all the stuff we did last year and all the drama from last year and rolls it over to a new numerical number that signifies nothing.

We will all get a numerical year older, but that custody battle for the kids will still go on this year and if you couldn't find steady work in 2008, I doubt that you will find work in 2009. Your financial trouble will still be worrying you and your children will still go to school at the same time and still catch the same buses to and from. There will still be fights with the spouse and fights with the children. That pile of dishes will still be there waiting to be done. Sure, you could get lucky and win the lottery, but more than likely you won't win just like every time you played in 2008 and didn't win anything.

The fact that it's 2009 means you are more likely to be a year closer to dying and that much closer to having your teens and pre-teens become grown-ups. Nothing is new except the "9". The 2008 is gone and in it's place is 2009. Like I have said, it's only numerical changes and should not be called "new". We should instead call it "the next year in our lives that contains the same things that we did last year and may still not be any smarter than last year". (Talk about a mouth full).

For me, it is one year closer to death and one numerical year older. It will also be my first anniversary with my wonderful husband. Nothing new in our lives this year and it will be the same stuff that happened last year. I will not call it a "new" year and I will never call it a "new" year from this moment on. To me, it is "The next numerical year in which most of the same stuff from last year will happen again", or "The next numerical day-to-day life of mine".

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