My New York Lingo: Jan, What happened again?

Most of January had whirled by me and just as they confirmed that, I had dodged storm Junos "wrath"... I also thought I had been spared from an inevitable spot of January Blues! Which would of been a first for me!

I've always HATED January. That 'post Xmas, post birthday' double whammy usually hits me like a freight train, screeching and smokin through my head, around the the second week of the year and cripples me for the rest of Jan. And just for the record..its not because the media or "social scientists" of the world have told me I'm suppose to be feeling low because its apparently the "most depressing day of the year!

Nooo feelings don't work like that numb-nuts!

Thanks Grumpy!

So as I was saying, just as a thought I had conquered the January blues, it crept up the last friggin week of Jan, just like that, out of the blue (Pun intended)!

It was a nice crisp 'sun-is-shining but its bloody-baltic' NY kinda day. I was on the way back from the gym, coz thats what you do in January right?! I knew I should of been feeling that great rush of smugness you get after a good workout but Nada!... I ignored it and just as I caught my breath after hauling my tired legs up my 5 floor walkup, and pressed the key into to my apartment door.. It pounced! and said, "fuck your bullshit Central Park and your delicious new coffee joint.. This is bullshit and you know it"

.. and I really wasn't sure anymore. I was clouded by the voice.. We all know "The Voice" - The voice that repeatedly questions life when its without certainty or stability and makes you feel like your not measuring up. It really blows things up when really everything is OK or even better than OK! It took hold and there wasn't much I could do but retreat to staying in, and riding it out. .No not "sexy time riding" it out...(Is this why Blue Movies have that name? There down and riding out the bad times? *Googles this... Answer; No! : )

Anyway, I digress, By riding it out, I mean eating all those things I said I would try eat less of in January, because as I said, thats what you do in January, right!?

I can jest about it now, because I came out the other side- you know what the other side is called, Febru- Fuckin- ary! or just February for the more conservative..

So I was going to just write off January as a lousy month because of those few blue days that somehow had clouded the Blue skies of Boston, The green hue of the atmosphere at Mc Gregor fight, The cinema dates with great friends and so on. The Dark cloud that loomed for a few days, almost lost me my whole months memory of January..

So I sat myself down and actually had to go through my instagram page and diary to remind me what I had done! And it actually was a great month and I have a lot to be thankful for. (Yes, I cant believe it either, that I actually had to creep on myself to remind myself of the things I did?)

It was a month of new experiences, new workshops, reading, listening, watching.. I escaped into many stories this month.. and maybe thats what got me through 90% of January.. so tip for conquering January is don't bother writing resolutions you wont keep, Escape in story, new experiences and out of the city!