At some arbitrary point in time we slip into a new year [1] and thus ends the obligatory “See you next year!” jokes for approximately 360 days.
We also, at this arbitrary point in time, make promises to ourselves to improve this, change that, and to stop doing the other. Such self dellusion usually ends in another 40 days or so as time marches on.
We also hope that the following 365 days, six hours, mine minutes and nine seconds (or 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds, or 365 days, six hours, 13 minutes and 52 seconds, depending upon how one defines the term “year”) will be much better than the previous 365 days, six hours, mine minutes and nine seconds (or 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds, or 365 days, six hours, 13 minutes and 52 seconds, depending upon how one defines the term “year”).
So much hopes and dreams and schemes pinned on the flipping of a single second at some arbitrary point in time.
Anyway …
HAPPY NEW YEAR!