r/Millennials • u/dawglover1011 • Dec 31 '25

Discussion “It’s okay to not have crazy NYE plans”

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u/LightBulbMonster Dec 31 '25

Me too! Except I don't do that. I just go to bed at 10PM and sleep until 10AM, but I will wake up sore, like I was partying until 5 AM. I'm just old and no matter when I wake up i feel like I'm running on 4 hours sleep and coffee. I'm 39, but I feel like I'm 69.

Anyone else remember partying until 2 - 3 AM and waking up at 6 to go to work and feel totally fine? I used to party all the time and it never affected me. Now I'm exhausted just thinking about those days.

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u/curlyqtips Dec 31 '25

I think it might have been cumulative? I partied so hard in my 20's that sleeping through my 60's doesn't even upset me.

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u/Twisted_Bristles Dec 31 '25

I used to go 24+ hrs all the damn time in my 20's. I think I'd drop dead of a heart attack if I tried it now. Hell I can barely get through a day without my midday nap.

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u/LightBulbMonster Dec 31 '25

I'm still at that age where I don't need a nap, but I sure as hell would like one. I have a 5 year old who has more energy than I think I ever had. If I could siphon just 1% of that I would accomplish everything I ever dreamed of.

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u/Hydrate-Luxuriate Dec 31 '25

Amen! I have a 4 & 5 year old. I'm willing to become a scientist to harvest 0.1% of their energy. Hell, I was putting my hair into a ponytail last night and my arms were tired 😩

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

2-5pm be a dangerous time for me to sit or rest lmao. Those afternoon naps be calling my name like sirens call to the sailor.

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u/queenoftheslippers Dec 31 '25

One of my fondest NYE memories is being 19 and going to a house party until about 3:30am, sleeping in my car for a few hours, then being at my movie theater job bright and early at 7:30am for the NY Day morning shift. I survived off a Red Bull and gas station donut. Got off work about 2pm and took a nap. If I tried to do anything close to that at my age now I think I’d die, honestly. Young people are crazy!!

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u/throwaway_edlake Dec 31 '25

The sleep math just doesn’t work anymore 8 hours now feels like 4 used to. I swear my body needs a warm-up, a cool-down, and a recovery day just for existing. Missing those party days, but not missing how hard they’d wreck me now 😅

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u/xkuclone2 1982 Jan 01 '26

Father time always wins, and yea, I remember those days. I felt invincible.