New year, new opportunities etc.
Not to be a killjoy, but is there really any difference between
yesterday and today?
If I was a pessimist yesterday, what would have changed between then
and now that I would suddenly see the world afresh and my future anew?
This morning I caught a segment on the Today show on BBC4 – some
people heard they’d lost their jobs on Christmas Day. They’ve spent the holiday
season looking for jobs, worrying about their futures, unless they’ve had good
news since – they probably feel the same as yesterday.
This is 2015. It, like 1999, has had a certain lore built up around
it. It is promised to be special. Perhaps this is due to the Millennium
Development Goals – fifteen years of talking about, working towards, analysing
and debating this arbitrarily chosen year. Fifteen years of being reminded that
if we work hard enough we’d have achieved goals never before tackled on a
global scale have probably been imprinted on us making this year unlike any
other.
Perhaps it’s the distance from the year 2000? Is 15 years enough to
have made something of yourself? Can you recognise the person you were when the
Y2K fuss reigned? What has changed since 2010, five years ago? What will change
before 2020?
Nevertheless, best wishes for the New Year!
Nevertheless, best wishes for the New Year!
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