I’ve always loved the thrill of buying a new journal—a literal clean slate.
I peel back the plastic packaging and smell the fresh blank pages with exhilaration. The possibilities seem endless. I excitedly begin to fill the pages with my thoughts, dreams, and goals.
But after only a few days, the journal lies untouched and unused simply because I don’t like my handwriting or what I wrote, or maybe it just loses its initial luster.
The novelty quickly wears off and soon I am no longer excited about writing in the now-abandoned journal. I then proceed to buy a new journal, repeating the same process again and again, resulting in a journal graveyard.
THE NOVELTY OF NEW
People are enamored with the idea of leaving the old things behind—the mistakes, the regrets, the hard things—and moving on towards the new to have a tabula rasa or a clean slate.
There's something about starting fresh that’s appealing to the human spirit. Perhaps that’s why New Year’s is so alluring. It's a feeling of starting anew, of leaving all the wrongs and mistakes in the past and turning a new page, or perhaps writing a whole new book. Our souls feel the weight of the past, and we desire to throw off the burdens of sin and begin again.
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