Why are we waiting for miracles for the New Year?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

It is no secret that interaction with the outside world has a significant impact on the inner world of a person. Our psychological state can also change depending on any events or seasons. Why are we waiting for miracles on New Year's Eve?

From early childhood, our parents assured us:

Childhood has passed, but somewhere deep in my soul there is a warm place, in which belief in miracles and the fulfillment of desires still lives. In general, dreams of a beautiful fairy tale are somewhat dulled after the New Year has already come into its own.

It is generally accepted that the New Year means not only the calendar counting of time, but also the beginning of a new life. However, the abundance of winter holidays leads to the fact that we begin to feel new life only by the beginning of spring. In winter we try to join the active rhythm of life, but even nature at this time of the year slows down the pace of life and "falls asleep". And we also involuntarily relax. Passivity is characteristic of even the most energetic people just in the winter, as well as in the summer.

I have noticed this pattern for a long time: at the beginning of summer and at the end of autumn, more and more often phrases are heard from friends and acquaintances: "How tired I am!" The peak of vigorous activity for the most part in people occurs in the spring and autumn, and it is quite natural that they are followed by a state of fatigue and emptiness. If you write a diagram of a person's psychological dependence on the seasons, you get the following:

winter is a period of formation (lost energy is restored, old life plans are revised and new ones are built);

spring - flourishing (time of active actions, career growth and rapid activity of hormones);

summer - crisis (loss of energy, mood for vacation, "recharge" with new impressions on a well-deserved rest);

autumn is an era of either revival or extinction (the second peak of activity, the time to "harvest", analyze and summarize the results of the past year).

However, I will not prescribe the generally accepted canons, because, you know, you don’t have to.

Victoria, 27 years old: "I work as a guide in St. Petersburg. I love my work very much and, in principle, there is nothing to complain about. But it’s a shame when my friends leave to rest in Cyprus at the height of summer, and I cannot get out of work, because in summer more tourists come to our city than in all other seasons combined. And while all normal people bask in the sun, I sit in a dusty bus and repeat: “Look left, look right.” I take a well-deserved vacation in the fall, when all my friends and my acquaintances have already rested and got down to work. I seem to be falling out of life."

In general, Veronica is not quite right. She does not drop out of life. It's just that her psychological year is a little different. It does not start in spring, but in summer.

By the way, your individual psychological year can last for more than one calendar year. For example, the period of vigorous activity will last for six months, and the era of crisis will last only a couple of weeks.

The science that would identify and study this topic does not yet exist. But if each of us could accurately calculate when the period of fatigue or activity would come, it would be possible to plan your time and state of mind so that in the era of prosperity, leave a reserve of strength for the period of crisis. Although life might then become more boring.

Now let's try to narrow the boundaries of the psychological year. I want to talk about your state of mind depending on each calendar month. After all, we expect a miracle to happen in December, not in May or August. Even the air on New Year's Eve has a magical atmosphere, right?

From the diary of my friend Irina:

" 02.01.2004 Here comes the New Year! Hooray! What are my plans for this year?

28.01.2004 Trying to get to work! It doesn't work, the holidays get in the way.

01.02.2004 Spring is coming, and there are still so many holidays ahead …

27.02.2004 I listen to the chirping of sparrows! How fruitless I had spent the winter.

05.03.2004 Here it is - a stormy life! I'm not talking about work. All the men seemed to have gone crazy!

30.03.2004 An amazing project has ripened in my brilliant brain! The chef is happy! It's all over with Andrey and Dima. Now I have Vasya!

02.04.2004 Well, of course, all people are like people, and I, I … now I will roar. All men are scoundrels. Everything! I'm going headlong into work! But it's spring on the street … 30.04.2004 How can these May holidays begin at the wrong time! Just got into a rage at work. And what should a lonely girl do on holidays?

02.05.2004 I'm so happy! I don’t understand how such an amazing man paid attention to me! It's good that my friends still dragged me to the barbecue!

28.05.2004 It's hard to concentrate on work when it's summer outside.

03.06.2004 I, of course, understand that summer is the time of vacations, but why did everyone break off on vacation right now ?! How many things have fallen on my head !!!

26.06.2004 Everything! I can not take it anymore. My beloved is on a business trip, the boss is on vacation, at work there is a blockage, young people are lying on the beach, and I rot in the office!

05.07.2004 Vacation! Hooray! I am so tired this year! Finally! It's time to restore health and frayed nerves! Egypt is great!

30.07.2004 Tomorrow I finally go out to work. How I missed everyone! It's time to fight with renewed vigor!

03.08.2004 Why did I have so little rest … I want to go back!

30.08.2004 I do not believe. I have so many problems, so many things to do! And instead of the support of my beloved, I receive an offer … to part! Did the beginning of autumn affect him?

04.09.2004 There is no time to suffer: too much work. For a week I will walk in the park and dive.

29.09.2004 And why are there so many birthdays at once? And all of them! It's a shame that you have to come to a noisy company without a pair. How lonely I am!

06.10.2004 I am learning to enjoy being alone. It’s not all bad after all.

30.10.2004 Award from the chef! So glad! Money is pouring in on me! It's time to go shopping. And you need to change your hairstyle. I am starting a new life!

03.11.2004 Met Vasya - offered to meet. She refused. Three of my exes called the other day. What a proud, lonely beauty I am!

28.11.2004 Oh, mummies! New Years is soon! How many things need to be done in this month !!!!!

05.12.2004 Yes, I know I have a lot to do, but I'm so tired! Nothing hunting. I feel like a gray shapeless mass …

22.12.2004 Thinking about how much I've been through this year! And soon the striking of the clock will open a new life to humanity! I hope this time your wish will come true! After all, a miracle must happen at least once in your life!"

We all have new perspectives every month. We gain more experience, we become disillusioned with people, and we regain our faith. In January we can stay in "hibernation", in May our soul will start up and sing like a lark, in September we will feel a surge of strength. Each month we will be visited by different, always new emotions and sensations. But when December comes, all of us, regardless of everything we have experienced in a year, will wait for miracles.

You know, no matter what period in your life you are going through, I want to wish you to always remain an optimist, believe in yourself, be able to cope with difficulties with dignity, and most importantly - not to lose your sense of humor!

And don't forget to smile more often in the new year!