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Anticipating a New Year & New Beginnings
How is 2022 almost here?
This article is part of the column Overthinking Everything at She Explores Life.
Shifting from one year to the next is always a bit strange. It’s a transition that calls for a raw, sentimental kind of contemplation. And if you’re like me and already prone to overthinking 365 days a year, the arrival of a new year and new beginnings can be a bit overwhelming.
While trying to wrap my mind around the coming of 2022, I’ve gone through a mix of emotions. I’m both excited and nervous about a new beginning. But more than anything, I’m struggling to overcome my disbelief. I mean seriously, how did we get to 2022? Something about it still seems almost mythical. The year once sounded so far away. It was a safe place to rest my hope. But in a matter of days 2022 will be here and with it comes a voice in my head asking, “Am I really where I’d thought I’d be by now?”
I suppose it’s natural, inevitable even, for us to ask ourselves these kinds of questions as we anticipate the year’s end. The end of one year and the start of another marks a clear passage of time that we can’t ignore. Though something about the onset of 2022 feels different.
