Hi Jenny! This blog is so fun! And I have a thought about one of your thoughts and your thought is dry January and my thought is fuck it!!! I'm turning 60 this year. How many more Januaries do I even have? Ten? Fifteen? Thirty at the very most and if I get hit by a bus in 2027 I will have only two! I observed Dry January for years with more devotion than I have given any known religion, yet it only took one near-death experience for me to see the rude tunnel of time shortening in front of me and why, oh why, would I deliberately make myself suffer for even one of my possibly paltry remaining Januaries? So I am cozying up to the fireplace with a lovely Dark Manhattan with no regrets. And if you are ever tempted to quit the quitting in earnest I offer this gentle reminder of your fragile mortality as a perfectly respectable offramp into, say, Damp January. And cheers to you, fellow bourbon gal!
May you live to be 120! But I do like your perspective. I just feel like after the holidays, my body could use the break. And come February, I'll appreciate my Black Manhattans that much more!
Hi Jenny! This blog is so fun! And I have a thought about one of your thoughts and your thought is dry January and my thought is fuck it!!! I'm turning 60 this year. How many more Januaries do I even have? Ten? Fifteen? Thirty at the very most and if I get hit by a bus in 2027 I will have only two! I observed Dry January for years with more devotion than I have given any known religion, yet it only took one near-death experience for me to see the rude tunnel of time shortening in front of me and why, oh why, would I deliberately make myself suffer for even one of my possibly paltry remaining Januaries? So I am cozying up to the fireplace with a lovely Dark Manhattan with no regrets. And if you are ever tempted to quit the quitting in earnest I offer this gentle reminder of your fragile mortality as a perfectly respectable offramp into, say, Damp January. And cheers to you, fellow bourbon gal!
May you live to be 120! But I do like your perspective. I just feel like after the holidays, my body could use the break. And come February, I'll appreciate my Black Manhattans that much more!