New Year New Blah

Yesterday, in my low mood, I listened to the song I’m Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance. I was never an “emo kid” in my youth but always appreciated the general melodramatic angst that many young people my age experienced in solidarity with each other. My Chemical Romance has some good songs. That’s all I have to say about that. Why was I in a low mood? Good question. That will be the topic of today’s blog post. Strap in.

Before you start feeling awkward and uncomfortable, I hope today’s blog won’t be a downer. I am selfishly going to use it for cathartic reasons. There may be some chuckles along the way. I do try to make these as light-hearted as possible.

January has been a month where I have given the phrase “catching up with myself” as my daily goal after an eventful New Year’s Eve. Since then, I have been trying my best to get my act together and start leading the life I want to lead. Unfortunately, I have had some good days but mostly bad days. I won’t start whining about all the things that have gone wrong because, as we know, life happens. I can’t blame anyone. Boy, I wish I could. What a childish thing to think, right? I know I am better than that.

I’ll be honest; this new paragraph took me a minute to write because I said this would not be a downer of a blog post. Here is something that we can all relate to: January is a strange month. If you are human, which I suspect the majority of people reading this are. My dog may be reading this. If so, hey, Pepper.

January has many things going for it. New Year, New blah blah. Dry January. Decluttering. Spark joy. Gym sharks. The great Irish novel. Keto diets. I don’t know. I know that January is nearly over, and mine was…fine. I spent it with people I love and people whose company I love. I spent it sleeping in most mornings and not doing what I wanted to do. But guess what? That’s okay. January is overrated. Maybe. Possibly. It depends on who you ask. This reminds me of a stand-up bit by my second favourite comedian, Seann Walsh. My first is Lee Evans if you were curious. The bit goes about how people come to the start of the week and say, “this week, I am going to sort my life out”. Seann rightly points out that that usually means, “I’m going to tidy my room”.

That’s my little speech done for today. Not too much of a downer in the end. I certainly enjoyed writing it, but again, selfishly. If you are feeling the January blues, you are not alone. We’ll all figure it out eventually.

Thank you for reading. You look great today. Thank you for your time.