A New Ye--Why again?
Callbacks are important. They remind you of things or you remember them when they're actually the other definition of callbacks-as in the auditions that actors are called back for. I'm getting off track already. Oh well.
It's been 7 years since I wrote the first part of this post called "A New Ye-What Again?". Calling back to that date, I do not actually remember thinking it would be a two part issue. I just happened to make that up for the sake of letting you browse through one of my oldest pieces of work, and allowing myself to pick a fun callback title.
A lot has changed since 2011. For one, I finally understood there was no need to capitalize the 'a' in 'again', no matter if it is part of the title. For another, I realized there is perhaps no way I could've known I would sit down 7 Earth cycles later to write again on 90% of the same title.
On the cusp of every New Year, we tend to do more than just plan on the many parties we will attend-or none as far as I'm concerned. We go look beyond the future and circle back to the present, before taking a trip down memory lane to have a rewind of the year gone by. It is as big as a custom as it is to say what things you are thankful for on Thanksgiving-so not really that big anymore.
But for those that it is, I see it as a fantastic callback that does not get enough credit. You clock every detail in your mind from the first month of the year to the last second you will spend it with. You channel your inner Time Stone to redo all the major events and perhaps even go for a happier ending on the ones that did not go your way. And the one I am fairly certain everyone does-credit or discredit the year for going epically fast or slow, according to how happy or otherwise 2018 made you.
For me, it was one of speediest years ever. Not that it was that happy or fun, but just super Usain Bolt. (Isn't that a synonym for rapid yet?) I mean, did February even happen or did we just jump into March and then it was like April-May-July and October?
Why? Why do we have to look back at the year gone by when the one coming next is a few hours away? Why is it that the past affects us so much that we forget to focus on the future or even the present, given we actually live in one of those?
I'm not really looking for an answer, but just trying to let you dwindle on those thoughts for a change from thinking how you could've won that argument back in June.
If there is one type of callback I enjoy, it is the memories of the moments which made you smile and cackle like a witch. Whether it was a YouTube video or a moment from your birthday party-they're all worth another look. Be it the football match that made you cry tears of joy or the new house you always wanted to move into. Take a moment and look back on those before you think about why your SO didn't call on the whim that you weren't having a good day in September.
What does not fall under that category is the time your 'supposed' ex called you in the middle of a good time you were having and everything went haywire from thereon. (What? Why are you looking at me?)
Callbacks are fun, for sure. But in the end, just remember that it is good to know that they're just that and no more. A funny picture of an amazing day at the beach with your dog, to remind you where exactly he likes to poop. A collection of sights you saw when you stepped outside your comfort zone, and were rewarded with your future wife/husbands' number. They're all worth another look-as long as you keep your eyes on the road ahead, to make even better callbacks for 2019.
I miss driving.
It's been 7 years since I wrote the first part of this post called "A New Ye-What Again?". Calling back to that date, I do not actually remember thinking it would be a two part issue. I just happened to make that up for the sake of letting you browse through one of my oldest pieces of work, and allowing myself to pick a fun callback title.
A lot has changed since 2011. For one, I finally understood there was no need to capitalize the 'a' in 'again', no matter if it is part of the title. For another, I realized there is perhaps no way I could've known I would sit down 7 Earth cycles later to write again on 90% of the same title.
On the cusp of every New Year, we tend to do more than just plan on the many parties we will attend-or none as far as I'm concerned. We go look beyond the future and circle back to the present, before taking a trip down memory lane to have a rewind of the year gone by. It is as big as a custom as it is to say what things you are thankful for on Thanksgiving-so not really that big anymore.
But for those that it is, I see it as a fantastic callback that does not get enough credit. You clock every detail in your mind from the first month of the year to the last second you will spend it with. You channel your inner Time Stone to redo all the major events and perhaps even go for a happier ending on the ones that did not go your way. And the one I am fairly certain everyone does-credit or discredit the year for going epically fast or slow, according to how happy or otherwise 2018 made you.
For me, it was one of speediest years ever. Not that it was that happy or fun, but just super Usain Bolt. (Isn't that a synonym for rapid yet?) I mean, did February even happen or did we just jump into March and then it was like April-May-July and October?
Why? Why do we have to look back at the year gone by when the one coming next is a few hours away? Why is it that the past affects us so much that we forget to focus on the future or even the present, given we actually live in one of those?
I'm not really looking for an answer, but just trying to let you dwindle on those thoughts for a change from thinking how you could've won that argument back in June.
If there is one type of callback I enjoy, it is the memories of the moments which made you smile and cackle like a witch. Whether it was a YouTube video or a moment from your birthday party-they're all worth another look. Be it the football match that made you cry tears of joy or the new house you always wanted to move into. Take a moment and look back on those before you think about why your SO didn't call on the whim that you weren't having a good day in September.
What does not fall under that category is the time your 'supposed' ex called you in the middle of a good time you were having and everything went haywire from thereon. (What? Why are you looking at me?)
Callbacks are fun, for sure. But in the end, just remember that it is good to know that they're just that and no more. A funny picture of an amazing day at the beach with your dog, to remind you where exactly he likes to poop. A collection of sights you saw when you stepped outside your comfort zone, and were rewarded with your future wife/husbands' number. They're all worth another look-as long as you keep your eyes on the road ahead, to make even better callbacks for 2019.
I miss driving.
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