For a lot of people for a lot of reasons 2017 wasn’t a great year.\u00a0 Perhaps you lost a loved one or ended a relationship.\u00a0 Maybe you were the victim of a crime.\u00a0 Perhaps you were overwhelmed with politics either domestically or abroad.\u00a0 \u00a0Regardless of why, a lot of people were very happy to see 2017 end.\u00a0 It’s perfectly OK to say “this year sucked and I am SO GLAD it’s over”.<\/p>\n
But what’s not OK is to insist that NO ONE is allowed to say anything positive about 2017.\u00a0 Several celebrities including – including Taylor Swift- have been strongly criticized for saying they had a great 2017.\u00a0 That is incredibly selfish.<\/p>\n
I know lots of people who had a great 2017!!\u00a0 I know people who got married in 2017.\u00a0 I know people who had babies in 2017.\u00a0 I know people who got promoted, who got new jobs, who bought a house, who graduated, who accomplished all kinds of really great things.\u00a0 Those are all things worth celebrating, no matter what’s going on in Washington or anywhere else.<\/p>\n
So, if you rocked 2017 be proud and shout it from the rooftops.\u00a0 Don’t let anyone steal your joy.\u00a0 You deserve it and we need to celebrate with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For a lot of people for a lot of reasons 2017 wasn’t a great year.\u00a0 Perhaps you lost a loved one or ended a relationship.\u00a0 Maybe you were the victim of a crime.\u00a0 Perhaps you were overwhelmed with politics either domestically or abroad.\u00a0 \u00a0Regardless of why, a lot of people were very happy to see 2017 end.\u00a0 It’s perfectly OK… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-bright-shiny-objects","category-warm-fuzzies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t