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7+ Ways To Get More Luck on New Year’s
This has been a rough year for many of us. I’ve had an unusually strange year from bad things like house repairs and cars breaking down, to good things like financial success and my book deal. It has been a mixed bag of good and bad.
I try to focus on the good but the bad these days can be overwhelming.
I tend to be a realist. But sometimes watching the news gets to me. So I decided to take a break for December and focus on the good in the world. The good things that are happening all around us.
What Can We Do on New Year’s
According to Good Housekeeping, here is what you should do on New Year’s:
- Eat 12 Grapes
Eating one grape at each of midnight’s 12 clock chimes guarantees you a lucky year — if and only if you simultaneously ruminate on their significance,” according to Atlas Obscura. “If you fail to conscientiously finish your grapes by the time the clock stops chiming, you’ll face misfortune in the new year.”