Re: Introductions: "Can't YOU Just drop it, already?!" 

What's Old, is...Well, sometimes it's just plain old, never making it out of our closet, as in "never in style" whereas some things we re-discover, while cleaning out our closets, to make room for the new we may have re-cently re-ceived as gifts or, if Santa didn't complete our list, we found it even cheaper on "boxing day". In either case, a common occurrence, especially this time of year, as we go from old to new...As in an update, re-introduction to a quote oft overheard in our house, whenever me and a sib were dead-locked in an argument, when I (born under the sign of Taurus) would just not "give it up!" Resonance of which has re-surfaced when I think only of my own point of view, re-flecting, de-flecting perhaps, a lack of humility, even if situationally...

Check, Our-S(h)elves: "Shelf it!" often accompanying, sometimes preceding the foregoing, more adamant appeal, for ME to take a look at MY part in all this, prior to finger pointing. If that was not enough, to keep me busy, instead of "Looking in the other direction" I ran into some additional bosses who, like my one older sib, thought they could "boss me around😠", years after which I felt entitled to do the same with a younger...and a few years later experienced a collective -- first in the form of what we all called "Ms. Bluehair" behind her back, rather than her "proper" name, which rhymed...who thought she should, could teach us adolescents a bit about proper behavior and manners, while were interacting with the "paying customers" at a local theatre...and many, many more bosses to follow, all of which thought they could, should teach us all "a thing or two"...(which for me actually included how to properly shelf products in a local store, as if it mattered) all of which added up to a degree of humility...speaking of adding up...

Drop and Add: A term I introduced that became familiar to all who were lucky, fortunate enough (sense the humility, gratefulness seeping in😇😉?) to proceed to college, but maybe even before in the course of conversation with your counselor about your courses, those you wanted to drop, even before the semester began or after experiencing the early indicators of difficulty...or just "because"...Here I am again, but in a slightly different context, at a slightly different time of the year, as in "dropping bad habits' or "vowing to start anew" ...."I'm finally going to get into shape...to clean the shelves of stuff that's expired, and then my closet, of the clothes that haven't fit for several months now...who am I kidding?" The latter after, at least a few weeks of indulging which inevitably shows up as we see our mirror images, which in turn provokes a campaign to rid ourselves, drop a few, maybe even "drop and give me 50!" (like our PE teacher told me if I was "out of line")...to "step IT up (a program of exercise, investing...whatever)...speaking of...

"One two, three four..." Duh! Like you need me to take you one step beyond where Sia took us in her big hit "Chandelier" which itself, once you get beyond "three" takes us to a bit of excess, and re-mind us all about the mission many of us are onto this time of the year...making steps to make things better this day, the day after, and...for us and those around us...The more obvious, tangible things we vow to stay away from and instead ("add") gravitate to...but the ones that can really get us, as in "stuck!" in a cycle of self-defeat, include those where instead of taking a thorough, hard, honest, look at ourselves -- including, especially, the resentments, grudges, we are holding onto, which along with the ones that show up on our bathroom scales, may be weighing us down...adding to a feeling of entitlement to treat others with a "chip on our shoulder!" (what my parents often called it, followed by "ATTITUDE!"). Which in Twelve Step "Recovery" programs all adds up to "Step Four" -- AKA "Taking Your Moral Inventory" which in turn can assist as a strong moral compass for your new journey forward this year, even if you, among the growing population who are doing so, "vow to make no resolutions". At least we can all start with a degree of humility, a morsel of wisdom from our parents...can't we all just get along...

"Let Bygones be Bygones" Or, stated a bit more emphatically, as an appeal, "would ya' just..." 

"Let it Be"𝅘𝅥𝅮 (now do you see the connection, message they were trying to get across...?) A "Bygone era"?