Journal your new year
Sholeh Patrick
Time flows without sentiment. Yet every Dec. 31, we take note of it with big fanfare: Out with the old, in with the new. A fresh start full of good intentions.
While they celebrate it in spring, one New Year’s tradition in Persian culture is particularly reflective in its symbolism. New year celebrants “drop” any angst, resentment, bitterness, fear or other negative emotions from the old year into a small fire as they leap over it, so the new year begins with a clean slate.
It’s a purging exercise, a cleanse. It may seem silly, but it kind of works. You feel lighter afterward. Unshackled.
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