There is no law that says “December is for drinking and partying”. In fact, if this is your default setting, you probably learnt it from societal rules. You don’t have to spend your hard earned money to party. You have done that this whole year on many weekends. But why not choose a new experience?

Here are other things you can do instead of drinking and partying in December.

1. Become a volunteer. Step in to somebody else’s world and volunteer to help them for free. It could be needy children, it could be your local church, it could be offering mentorship to the young people in your community
2. Travel and go on an adventure. In some instances, travelling may be more expensive than having alcohol though not always. There are many affordable places around. Mountain climbing, an adventure road trip to an unknown part of the country... the options are limitless
3. Stay indoors for once. Staying indoors will help you miss the party and drink experience for a while. Remember how it felt when you first went for a party or had your first tipsy? If you really love something, let it go so that you can miss it and occasionally feel that honeymoon phase dopamine that you had.
4. Become a watchman. Yes, explore the alternative career this December. The fact that you are now responsible for lives and property will definitely stop you from partying.
5. Just sleep. If you really want to sleep after getting the famous “Uko wapi” text, think about all the negative consequences of the partying and drinking. You will have a terrible hangover, your alcohol tolerance will increase thus forcing you to want more drinks and spend more money. Then in Njaanuary, you will develop bad eating habits because of he mayai pasua and mince meat diet.
6. Fall in love. There is an interesting phase when you fall in love. The honeymoon phase where you hold in your farts, you pretend to be nice and are perfect. Falling in love will make you say dumb stuff like “I stopped drinking and partying much because I'm trying to be focused for you baby”. A typical honeymoon phase lasts for 2 months. You will have avoided all parties and drinking by then
7. Become jobless. Being broke and jobless does many wonderful things for you. You avoid all the unnecessary luxuries, you opt for the natural contraceptive of kutokatiana and you say things like “That’s a waste of money”. Go broke.

Happy December guys!