The worst thing about January 1?
Not that it marks the “official” end of the holiday season.
Not that it means school starts the next day.
Not even that it signals we all just got a year older.
The worst thing about January 1 is that we are immediately inundated with two of the most depressing messages imaginable.
First, we are barraged and berated online, on tv, on buses, with the fact that it is high time to lose weight.
Second, we begin to get reminded that it’s time to do our taxes.
As if January weren’t dark enough on its own.
Is it that our consumer culture doesn’t have anything else to hawk in these maxed out credit card winter days except sleek new diet plans and snazzy new tax prep programs?
Happy New Year!
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