This year has been a rollercoaster of a lot of things. I started this year on a very happy note, but now I’m unsure if it will end the same way. Regardless of how it ends, I cannot deny the fact that this year has been like a turbulent wave. The end of the year is a very scary and risky period. I don’t know how it works in other countries, but here in my country, it is during this period that most accidents happen. Another thing about the ending of the year is that it comes with both joy and struggles, and for this week’s Real Talk prompt, the community asks us to discuss exactly that.
The ending of the year comes with different emotions, each depending on how the year has been for specific individuals. For example, a person who had an amazing 12 months would be glad to see the next year coming, on the other hand, someone who barely survived the year would feel differently.
One of the struggles that comes with the year ending is the inability to achieve a particular goal and in some cases, multiple goals. At the beginning of the year, we all made plans. We tagged them our “New Year Resolutions.” To make mine stand out more, I even wrote them in my diary. I take my diary seriously, meaning that whatever goes in there must be achieved. I felt that writing my goals there would give me extra motivation to achieve them. And to a great extent, that worked. On the last day of the year, people went to religious places and committed the new year into the creator’s hands, screaming “2025 must be my year of financial breakthrough.”
Now, imagine that this person had been expecting that financial breakthrough for years, only for it not to come even at the end of the year. Such a person will probably feel pressured.
Another pressure that comes with the end of the year is the societal pressure that comes with age. In my opinion, this pressure is more on women. A woman who doesn’t get married at a particular age is considered a failure. This societal expectation has caused many people, particularly women, to make harsh decisions. The pressure becomes more intense at the end of the year, when they see that they completed another year just the way they started.
In my opinion, we shouldn’t dwell too much on the negativities that come with the end of the year. Instead, we should use them to reflect on our goals. The fact that we didn’t achieve them doesn’t mean it is the end of the world, it means we get to restart and restrategize.
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