6 tips on how to have fun alone in the New Year
Miscellaneous / / December 27, 2021
Remember that you are spending the holiday with your best friend - yourself.
Some consider New Year to be a family holiday and prefer to celebrate it surrounded by several generations of relatives. For some, a celebration is associated with noisy parties with friends or in clubs and restaurants. But one way or another it is customary to celebrate the New Year in the team.
Even the advice on how to meet the holiday alone is mainly concerned with how to avoid this loneliness. The authors recommend that you go on a trip and celebrate the New Year with fellow travelers on the train, or go out and congratulate passers-by, or somehow somehow introduce yourself into the community.
But you can also celebrate alone in such a way that remembering it will be joyful and pleasant. If the idea seems dubious to you, here are some tips that might change your attitude.
1. Realize that there is no tragedy in celebration alone
Usually, if a person has no one to celebrate with, it is perceived as something very sad. People are looking for at least someone to whom they can join - no matter who.
But the lonely New Year is not so terrible as it is painted. If you look at it, there is no tragedy in this. There are many things we do because it’s accepted. For example, we are looking for a company for a celebration. But accepted does not mean good just for you.
Maksim
I met alone in 2015. I don’t remember why, but somehow it happened. During the day he congratulated relatives and acquaintances by phone. Then in the evening I bought food and watched "Game of Thrones". It was pretty cool. True, the series is tired.
I cannot say that I would like to repeat this experience, but I will take it calmly. Only without Game of Thrones! If circumstances develop in such a way that you have to celebrate the New Year alone, I would like to do it abroad, for example in Seoul or Tokyo. Or a cool video game at night to pass.
Sometimes staying at home and doing something interesting is much more enjoyable than spending an evening with random people or forcing yourself to have fun.
Anna
Somehow it was a difficult year, a lot of travel, a lot of communication. I realized that my organizational skills have all gone to work, there is no strength and desire to look for someone to meet with, than to entertain. As a result, I prepared a bunch of everything and watched my favorite TV shows all night. From three o'clock she still took a watch on the news feed - it was interesting: it seemed like a holiday, and earn some money, and help out colleagues. Then I slept. And on the first of January, in the afternoon, my husband returned from a trip.
2. Think of this New Year as an experiment, not a punishment.
Let's face it: it's not so easy for the average person to celebrate the New Year alone. Therefore, when we talk about such a holiday, we are thinking theoretically. But in practice it may turn out to be completely different. If you got a chance to check how it is at all, why not do it? Curious!
Evgeniya
Several years ago I decided to arrange an experience for myself - to celebrate the New Year alone in another city. It probably sounds strange, but I liked it. I went to Moscow for all New Year's holidays and did only what I wanted, I even wrote a special list in my diary. I lived alone and blissed out: I went to performances, exhibitions, to the cinema (I remember when they launched a restored version of Spirited Away. Miyazaki), walked, met with friends, cooked. All in all, it was such a therapeutic week for myself.
On December 31st it looked something like this: in the afternoon I arrived from St. Petersburg to Moscow, cooked my favorite herring under a fur coat, in the evening I went to the theater, after a little walk, bought champagne and went to meet the new, 2019 year under the concert "I will sing my music" at "Rain". I drank a glass of sparkling wine, danced, shouted songs, phoned my loved ones, looked at the fireworks from the balcony and went to bed. The sensations were unusual. At the same time, I did not feel any kind of oppressive loneliness, I really wanted to spend this holiday alone with myself.
By the way, not everyone understood this joke. Some friends were surprised and sympathetic to the news that I was celebrating the New Year alone, and stubbornly offered to join them. And I deliberately wanted to try just this format. As a result, this holiday turned out to be the most unusual and somehow special, the memories of it warm me to this day.
3. Realize your benefits
When a lot of people get together, you have to agree on something, look for compromises. One wants Olivier salad with an apple, another without, the third - a completely different salad. Someone likes to watch "The Irony of Fate", someone "Harry Potter", and someone associates the New Year exclusively with "Critters". When you are alone, only your opinion matters.
Lena
I celebrated the New Year alone several times, and these were the best holidays. There was no need to adapt to anyone, please, worry that I was “not like that” again (not partying, sad, whatever), no disappointed expectations. Both times she hugged cats, watched New Year's films until midnight and went to bed.
I would always do this, but since my husband has changed, it doesn't work anymore. But with him we just celebrate the New Year itself, and then he leaves to hang out with friends, and I go to sleep.
When I was all alone, there was an awesome feeling that I was celebrating a holiday in the best company for myself: with an undemanding calm person who did not expect anything from me - with me. And together with me we may well light a garland, open a sparkling wine, turn on "Christmas Holidays"And get high.
4. Concentrate on yourself
Communication takes effort. We listen to others, and this often drowns out our own voice. A holiday alone is also an excellent occasion to think about yourself and your desires, about your pleasures, about the future.
Irina
Two years ago it was too lazy to collect people by myself, and there was no desire to go to someone. I decided to spend the holiday alone. It was a bit unusual and sad at the beginning. But then I thought that my mood depends on me and I myself can make a holiday. I soaked in the bathroom for an hour, put on a dress, bought delicious cheese, a good chocolate bar and a bottle of wine, watched Old Songs about the Main Things on YouTube, sang, danced and wrote down my goals and desires for the next year. Then I went to bed. It was one of the best New Years.
5. Refer to technological advances
Being alone in an apartment does not necessarily mean spending the whole holiday alone. There is a telephone, instant messengers, video communication. And they allow you not to be limited to one company, but literally travel the world without getting up from your chair.
Alina
I met the New Year alone once. I thought of a concept, made a New Year's table, turned on the music, and danced. Praise for high technologies, because I phoned everyone, talked to people in all chats. Feeling as if you cheated the space and visited several companies at once! One of the best holidays!
6. Remember the holidays are long
The attitude that as the year you will meet, so you will spend it, is strong. But superstition aside, the night between December 31st and January 1st is completely normal. And if the soul asks for fun in the team, this can be scheduled for any other day.
Nastya
Several times I celebrated the New Year alone. The first time was before 2019. I don’t remember why it happened, but I bought myself a variety of favorite food, wine, chatted with my parents and friends on the phone, watched "Love Actually" and went to bed at one in the morning. I also met 2021 alone, because it was our first New Year with dog, and I could not leave him at home amid volleys of fireworks. I went according to the standard scenario: favorite food, wine, beautiful pajamas, friends at Zoom. I turned on Cinderella with Meladze and Serduchka in the background, sprinkled myself with sparkles and was generally happy with life. But on January 1, 2, 3, I walked around the guests and delivered Olivier, which I cooked for some reason, literally a whole pot, and it was very cool.
The thrill is to wake up on January 1 in the morning, have breakfast slowly, understand that you are at home, your head does not hurt, you can continue to have a great rest.
Have you had the experience of celebrating the New Year alone? Share in the comments.
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