40 in 40 - Day 8 / Break Tradition

I don't know how many times I've heard someone say "...but it's tradition!". 

AND? 

So? 

I get certain traditions can be important and hard to let go of but growth is realizing which ones are actually meaningful to you and the life your creating, and which ones are only being done for the sake of tradition itself. Let go of what no longer suits you and start your own! For example, Dustin and I have the tradition of putting inside jokes/big moments from the year into a jar now mini vintage mailbox and reading them all on New Year's Eve.  We've also spent Thanksgiving alone several times and enjoyed Chinese food or some other non-traditional Thanksgiving meal. Changing it up is scary but staying the same is scarier.