It's not even December, and already I've seen hatred of 2016 popping up everywhere. John Oliver even made an elaborate video full of profanity and vitriol directed squarely at the year. In the video, he goes so far as to blow up the numbers 2016.
Is it me, or does it seem like it has become increasingly popular to vehemently share your animosity toward the current year when it comes to an end? (Maybe John Oliver was making light of that.) Misery does indeed love company, but I would like to see us jump off this bandwagon of year-end distain. In this case, I believe that hindsight is often 20/200. Yes, a lot of terrible things happened in 2016. But from an objective historical perspective, a lot of terrible things happen every year - along with a lot of good things. If you legitimately had a really bad year, I'm so sorry. Maybe your friend or loved one died. Maybe you received a frightening medical diagnosis. I really hope that you didn't experience a devastating event this year, but if you did, then you had a very difficult 2016, and I would never want to invalidate that experience. But if you want to commiserate about how terrible 2016 was because David Bowie died and the current political climate is upsetting, or because you've chosen to focus only on the unpleasant things that happened to you, I'll pass and propose a different perspective (RIP and all due respect, David Bowie). For your consideration, here are some reasons that 2016 was actually a pretty good year for you:
Check your pulse. Take a deep breath. Reflect for a moment on the fact that not everyone who was alive at the beginning of 2016 can do those things today. And now tell me: Was 2016 good to you? I know it was good to me.
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