[Doriana] Happy New Year!

[doriana_]

Ever since I started my new job, I think about New Year's Eve a lot more than I used to. How come?

True story

[Sundowner64]

About the upcoming New Year's Eve, i.e. 31 December, 2022?
About the previous one? any other? any New Year's Eve? not any specific, but New Year's Eve in general?
Things you might do on New Year's Eve? People you might meet? Places where you might be?
Will you have to work on New Year's Eve? Travelling on New Year's Eve relevant?
Fireworks? or the absence of them?

[trebor2]

Does your job have anything to do with New Years? Are you involved in party planning? Decoration making? Do you work in a calendar store? Does your job deal with planning or accounting for some aspect of New Years? Such as making sure there are more Ubers/cabs available, coordinating an extended bus schedule, anticipating greater staffing in emergency rooms, etc?

[Sarisberie]

Will you be abroad this NYE? Will something happen on or near NYE which will be different than normal? NYE traditions relevant?

[doriana_]

Sundowner64
About the upcoming New Year's Eve, i.e. 31 December, 2022? No
About the previous one? No any other? Yes any New Year's Eve? No not any specific, but New Year's Eve in general? Also this to an extent
Things you might do on New Year's Eve? People you might meet? Places where you might be? No to all
Will you have to work on New Year's Eve? Travelling on New Year's Eve relevant? No to both
Fireworks? or the absence of them? No/irrel to both

trebor2
Does your job have anything to do with New Years? Are you involved in party planning? Decoration making? Do you work in a calendar store? Does your job deal with planning or accounting for some aspect of New Years? Such as making sure there are more Ubers/cabs available, coordinating an extended bus schedule, anticipating greater staffing in emergency rooms, etc? No to all

Sarisberie
Will you be abroad this NYE? Will something happen on or near NYE which will be different than normal? NYE traditions relevant? No to all

[Sundowner64]

The New Year's Eve as we know? the 31 of December evening?
Any other meaning relevant? other calendars?
Other names for the New Year's Eve, like Sylvester?
Is your research related to New Year's Eve? traditions around it? calendars?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is it relevant that New Year's Eve is often abbreviated as NYE?

[trebor2]

New Years Eve = Dec. 31st? The Chinese New Year? Ukrainian? Another system?

Y2K relevant?

[doriana_]

Sundowner64
The New Year's Eve as we know? the 31 of December evening? Yes to both
Any other meaning relevant? other calendars? No
Other names for the New Year's Eve, like Sylvester? No
Is your research related to New Year's Eve? traditions around it? calendars? No to all

Balin
Is it relevant that New Year's Eve is often abbreviated as NYE? No

trebor2
New Years Eve = Dec. 31st? This The Chinese New Year? Ukrainian? Another system?

Y2K relevant? No

[trebor2]

Is your new job related to your field of study? (Which I can't remember at the moment...) Is it a day job outside of your career, to pay the bills? (This happens a lot in my field.)

[doriana_]

Is your new job related to your field of study? (Which I can't remember at the moment...) Is it a day job outside of your career, to pay the bills? (This happens a lot in my field.) Irrel to both

[Sundowner64]

Are the digits 12/31, 1231, 3112, 31/12, somehow relevant in your new job?
Are they part of a relevant post code? phone number?
Is your office room number now 1231 or 3112? or the number of a project or grant relevant to your work?

[doriana_]

Are the digits 12/31, 1231, 3112, 31/12, somehow relevant in your new job?
Are they part of a relevant post code? phone number?
Is your office room number now 1231 or 3112? or the number of a project or grant relevant to your work?
Good idea, but no to all

[GalFisk]

Do you think about it because of the date? The rollover to 01/01? Celebrations? When you think about it, do you think about a year? About a time period of 24 hours? About some other length of time? Do you do any relevant math? Y2K relevant? Computers? Programming? Finance? Banking? Printing? Is a deadline relevant? Calendars? If you were living in a culture where the new year begun at a different time of year, would you be thinking about that time of year?

[doriana_]

Do you think about it because of the date? The rollover to 01/01? Celebrations? This When you think about it, do you think about a year? About a time period of 24 hours? About some other length of time? I usually think about the last few hours of the old year and the first new hours of the new year Do you do any relevant math? Y2K relevant? Computers? Programming? Finance? Banking? Printing? Is a deadline relevant? Calendars? No to all of these If you were living in a culture where the new year begun at a different time of year, would you be thinking about that time of year? All else being the same, yes

[Sundowner64]

Any big street party at the occasion of NYE relevant? Berlin? Hamburg? Castrop-Rauxel?
Do you think of taking part in a NYE celebration? being affected by it? positively? negatively?
Are you living in a street where a big NYE party is going to be?
As not the upcoming NYE is relevant: is the previous one relevant? the one before? earlier? still in our century?
The absence of NYE celebrations due to Covid relevant?
Or NYE celebrations you missed while you were abroad? NYE celebrations/parties/traditions you will miss now because you returned to Germany?

[doriana_]

Any big street party at the occasion of NYE relevant? Berlin? Hamburg? Castrop-Rauxel? No to all
Do you think of taking part in a NYE celebration? Sometimes being affected by it? No positively? negatively?
Are you living in a street where a big NYE party is going to be? No
As not the upcoming NYE is relevant: is the previous one relevant? the one before? earlier? This, 2014 still in our century?
The absence of NYE celebrations due to Covid relevant? No
Or NYE celebrations you missed while you were abroad? NYE celebrations/parties/traditions you will miss now because you returned to Germany? No to these

[trebor2]

Did something relevant happen in your life on or around Dec. 31, 2014?

[doriana_]

Did something relevant happen in your life on or around Dec. 31, 2014? I wouldn't say that something happened but rather that I did something relevant on Dec 31, 2014.

[trebor2]

Did you do something relevant related to your personal life? Professional life? Academic life? Lacrosse relevant? Other sports? Was it a sad event? Happy? Neither?

[GalFisk]

Did you start this job at that time? Do something else job-related? Does a specific task you perform at your new job make you think of that NYE? Are any coworkers relevant?

[doriana_]

trebor2
Did you do something relevant related to your personal life? This Professional life? Academic life? Lacrosse relevant? Other sports? No to rest Was it a sad event? Happy? This Neither?
Don't overthink this - the answer is very straightforward

GalFisk
Did you start this job at that time? No, I started the job this year Do something else job-related? Does a specific task you perform at your new job make you think of that NYE? Are any coworkers relevant? No to these

[GalFisk]

Did you think about that NYE in your previous job? Did something that happened that NYE lead to your current job? Your current profession? Is your profession relevant? are other people relevantly involved in that NYE? In you getting your new job? WAG: did you, at that NYE, decide to pursue an education that led you to your current job? And every time you're happy/content/pleased at work, you think about that great decision?

[doriana_]

Did you think about that NYE in your previous job? No Did something that happened that NYE lead to your current job? Your current profession? Is your profession relevant? No to these are other people relevantly involved in that NYE? Yes, one friend of mine (H/A/F) In you getting your new job? No WAG: did you, at that NYE, decide to pursue an education that led you to your current job? And every time you're happy/content/pleased at work, you think about that great decision? Nice WAG but no

[GalFisk]

Do you also think about that friend when you think about that NYE? Mnemonics relevant? Other memorization techniques? Relevant what you and your friend did? Said? Where you were? What you wore?

[Sundowner64]

Did your new job bring you closer to your friend? do you see each other now every day?
Did your new job bring you back to a place where you had been on 31 Dec, 2014? Were you together with your friend that evening?
As you said the job itself is not relevant (i.e. what job it is): is then relevant: the place where you work? the place where you live now? people you work with? people you meet now? your work schedule? traveling to work? business trips? job-related activities? after-work activities?
Do you work from home?

[doriana_]

GalFisk
Do you also think about that friend when you think about that NYE? Yes Mnemonics relevant? No Other memorization techniques? No Relevant what you and your friend did? Yes, broadly speaking Said? No Where you were? Yes, very What you wore? No

Sundowner64
Did your new job bring you closer to your friend? do you see each other now every day? No to both
Did your new job bring you back to a place where you had been on 31 Dec, 2014? Yesish, very OTRT! Were you together with your friend that evening? Yes
As you said the job itself is not relevant (i.e. what job it is): is then relevant: the place where you work? This the place where you live now? and this to an extent people you work with? people you meet now? your work schedule? No to these traveling to work? Yes business trips? job-related activities? after-work activities? No to these
Do you work from home? No

[GalFisk]

Relevant how you travel to work? If so, by: walking? Bicycling? Car? Bus? Train? Plane? Helicopter? Boat? Motorcycle? Elevator? Lift?

[doriana_]

Relevant how you travel to work? Mildly If so, by: walking? Bicycling? This, although walking or taking the bus would also work Car? Bus? Train? Plane? Helicopter? Boat? Motorcycle? Elevator? Lift?

[GalFisk]

Does your route go past the place where you and your friend were? Past a place that looks similar to it? Has a similar name? Was this particular NYE more meorable to you than other NYEs? Other events in your life?

[doriana_]

Does your route go past the place where you and your friend were? Yes Past a place that looks similar to it? Has a similar name? Was this particular NYE more meorable to you than other NYEs? Other events in your life?

********SPOILER********

My new workplace is located next to the student dorm where a good friend of mine used to live. I lived in a different city back then so we wouldn't see each other all that often (a circumstance that inspired another puzzle of mine). However, we did celebrate NYE 2014 at her place. Every morning, I bike past her old apartment which makes me think back to Dec 31, 2014.