Q: happy new year! i'm going to bed early because i am a responsible & tired lady who has to go to work tomorrow morning. but still it feels sacrilegious and sad to sleep through new year's midnight, especially for such a super fancy year. but i'm tired. do you always make a point to stay up? does it feel important/special to you to be conscious for the turn of the year?
A: no. i actually try to avoid it. it's too intense, the feeling that everyone in the world is staring at the calendar and thinking about the future. i actually succeeded in avoiding it today, i was doing grant abbitt tutorials and did not notice