authority. It’s not easy not to, after holidays, friends, change of time, have you seen the five romantic comedies with New year’s Eve in New York etc etc, have you made in your head the most glamorous, fun and lucky night ever. Only it’s not. Ever. Almost.
By experience I mean, you know, and you and I, that rare the party will be perfect, the shop will be full of chock and someone will cry during the night (probably you) or something won’t go wrong. So I, one day before the big night, having eaten a huge pizza in the office and thinking about tomorrow’s fail, I made a guide with all the things that I need to do to have a moderate to good (let’s not kid ourselves).
1. Do shots from before
This indefinite “leave and see where it takes us” is very cool and in a movie you’d end up in the most underground party in town with the coolest people. Only in this case it is most likely to end up on a bench in Syntagma square with a glass that has wine-vodka-gin has run the mascara and wait for dawn to go eat breakfast. You know how going from party to party not knowing what music you have or if you’ll be able to get in, it doesn’T WORK, so make your plans early on, to somewhere where you know you will spend at least moderately.
2. Don’t repeat the mistakes of the past
Once you know where you went last year and the year before that, it’ll be a madhouse and you won’t be able to breathe as the rest around you gets stuck from the sweat trying to find an inch of free to dance. No matter how good is the music, what’s the point if you can’t even raise your hand and drink your drink? That’s why this year, choose something different. Just don’t expect me to do the same things and have different results. Also, what if you end up doing, make sure you do it with people you care about and not with a bunch of drunk strangers. (Unless it’s a very friendly and fun, then you can do together as a group to have a great time and will probably never come out for that cup of coffee).
3. Really, you can stay in if you want
I don’t have to overwhelms the obsessive thinking to go the new Year, if you don’t want. You can just stay home, invite some friends, drink a couple of drinks, a snack, and play cards. Or Monopoly. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? Why do you have to go out? Who says that? It’s just a tradition for new Year’s night that you can comfortably dismiss.
4. Don’t wear those heels when you know that you can’t walk
Why you have to wear towering heels, since in reality you can’t stand for over 20 minutes? To wear 15 points of pump only if you can run, screaming, HAPPY, 2017, or to dance for hours, or anyway to spend the whole night 1. without blisters and blood 2. not barefoot. Only then go for it because you have a talent that many don’t have (yes, hello). If not, don’t torture yourself because no one’s ever put someone like that rule and no one will fault you if you wear your sneakers -why not? it?
5. Don’t send your ex-husband
Here’s the thing. Initially you won’t have to do that any day of the year, but ESPECIALLY NOT THE new YEAR. The new Year is a day that is booked for a lot of drinking, lot of (bad) dancing and dirty food. The worst that should happen to you the next day you wake up is a burger that you used for a pillow. So, don’t show such disrespect to the gods of new Year by sending a “Who are you?” midnight. Beat the bad by deleting dangerous numbers from your cell phone before you even the first glass of champagne. It’s for your own good. True.
Happy new year and try not to cry.
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How not to have a crap (and) this new Year’s eve
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