New Years rant

So I'm thinking that New Years would be so much more symbolic and refreshing if it happened, oh May 1st instead of January 1st.  Right? 

It's like you just come off of this holiday high and taking time off and you're supposed to jump start with all these fantastic life improvement ideas.  I love fresh starts and the renewal of beginnings but seriously it would be so much easier to start exercising, eating better, waking up earlier, being friendlier, and generally not failing at life if it wasn't 9 degrees outside.

Also the beginning of the fiscal year is supposed to be flush right?  Wrong.  January is when you realize that that awesome project you were looking forward to working on was just slashed from the budget.  Oh and forget raises...not even cost of living increases.

So to cheer yourself up you think, ok let's go shopping and get a new sweater or something.  Nope.  All the stores decided it's summer and the racks are filled with pastel dresses and sandals. Hi hello!  It's 9 degrees outside!  Oh, all the sweaters are in clearance?  Awesome, but all that's left are the odd sizes and awkward colors.

Yes, I know, life's not so hard.  Things could be so much worse.  People live through worse so buck up and power through. I'm trying.