Most people start every year hung over, exhausted from the night before, sometimes still drunk and asleep on a friend’s (or a stranger’s) couch. Not me. I love having a few drinks and some champagne to celebrate the end of this year and the start of a new one, but for a completely different reason. The reason I celebrate is because I made it through another year, somewhat healthy and still alive. Every year, just after midnight, after the champagne corks have popped and the hugs and congratulations make their way around the room, I disappear for 3 minutes and 53 seconds to listen to a song that has quite literally gotten me through every single year since I discovered it. The Mountain Goats’ masterpiece This Year tells a tale that, in a weird way, we are all familiar with. Sometimes, no matter how bad things are, you can make it all better with a friend and a drink, even though you know it’ll mean trouble when you have to face the real world after it’s all over. The ringing chorus of I am gonna make it, through this year, if it kills me, inspires hope and meaning to those of us who truly aren’t sure whether or not they will make it to December 31 and beyond. I am proud to say that this year, I’ve made it yet again. I hope you did too.

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