Dry January or Veganuary ? 🍷
This Week in Review☕️: Mocha Mousse is the 'Color of the Year' | Dry January or Veganuary or neither this year? | Return-to-Office debate continues into 2025 |
Good morning,
First off, major props to you for opening this email on New Year’s Eve. Like, seriously- on a night where everyone’s either popping champagne, making resolutions they’ll forget by February, or Googling “last-minute holiday deals,” you’re here.
Reading this.. That’s iconic.
We’re beyond grateful for you.
Meanwhile, we’ve got you covered with a quick rundown of the latest news. Think of it as your cheat sheet to roll into the New Year looking sharp. Because let’s face it- showing up to the countdown with a fun fact or two? That’s a power move.
So let’s make 2025 the year we absolutely crush it!
Thanks again for being here,
-Team Touristy xx
Quick Bites:
New Years 🎉 : Office holiday parties, often big-budget affairs, are being scaled back this year.
Inflation, interest rate hikes and layoffs earlier in 2024 have all contributed to the toned-down festivities, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Umm we don't need another office holiday party. What we need is the day off and a a fat bonus
THANK GOD we have a remote job 🙏🏻
PS. Our neighbourhood PTA is putting on a special lunch for teachers next week, and the first 10 items on the menu are "sausages"
Also, our kid just told us he needs to take 100 of something to school tomorrow to contribute so his choices are cornflakes or our tears ✋
A LinkedIn survey of 6,000 people found that more than half planned to skip their office holiday party this year, even though nearly 60% of companies are holding them during the workday, WSJ.
Our friend's company gave bagpipe keychains to the kids at the holiday party because apparently they want their parents to hate being at home more than they hate being in the office
Our Thoughts💡: Well, atleast Human Resources will be happy. For once, they won't have to remind employees to NOT chug down their 5th glass of wine and destroy the charcuterie board just because it's "on the house."
Enjoy and keep it classy folks 🍷
Culture 🤎: Pantone's Color of the Year for 2024 is "Mocha Mousse", CNN reports.
“A warming rich brown hue, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse nurtures a suggestion of the delectable quality of cacao, chocolate and coffee, appealing to our desire for comfort”
Umm a very diplomatic shade considering it doesn't look cute on anyone
Personally, we find brown a little underwhelming as the 'Color of the year'. Can we stop bringing more and more boring nudes in our wardrobe and interiors?
K Thanks
Mocha Mousse was also chosen as it imbibes harmony.
“This is a color that reaches into our desire for comfort and wellness, and the indulgence of simple pleasures that we can gift and share with others”
-Pantone Color Institute
Our thoughts💡: Since we're doing shades of brown this year.. Team Touristy has decided "Chocolate Walnut Fudge" as our personal 2025 Color of the Year:
A tender brown hue that makes you wanna get into fleece pjs, fire up Girlmore Girls, demolish a whole cake and crush some mulled wine to bring in 2025
Also, never had a color make us feel this hungry 🤤
Food 🍛 : How many of you will try Veganuary in 2025? Veganuary is a month-long pledge to go vegan in January and hopefully the rest of the year.
It's basically a wake-up call to all the flesh-eating loonies who believe plants have feelings too
Before we go ahead, we just wanna say:
We're setting up an in inbox-filter sending anything about Dry January or Veganuary to the trash. It's not the events we have an issue with personally, it's just the RELENTLESS marketing around them. We're talking +50 f**king emails per day!
Like GIVE IT A REST. WE LOVE MEAT 🥩 . AND CHEESE 🧀 . AND WINE. 🍷
Tbh, the "smart" advice for us to give would be to live your life in a way that you don't need to reset with:
-30 Day Challenges
-Dry January
-Veganuary
-Juice cleanses
-Gym subscriptions
-DEATH
Live in that sweet spot between ALL and NOTHING and enjoy in moderation all year round
Our Thoughts💡:
Apparently, you can beat inflation via Veganuary AND Dry January. Here's how:
Eat lentils instead of meat
Don't buy in bulk
Make almond milk at home
Drink OJ instead of wine
Nobody said this would be fun
Work 💻 : Return-to-office debate to continue into 2025, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Umm Happy NYE to the boss who made everyone return to the office but still Zooms into staff meetings from their vacation home
PS. Pro-tip:
Never be sad on your holiday/ weekend. Cry on a workday. Get paid for your depression. DON'T let capitalism win.
Key Highlights, reported by WSJ:
💡Not yet clear whether a tipping point regarding RTO is final
💡Companies including footwear and clothes brands are re-evaluating their policies to seek the right balance between productivity and flexibility
💡A third of US employers now require full-time office work, down 16% from last year
💡But the number offering fully flexible schedules has also decreased
💡More companies are landing on hybrid arrangements: 43% of U.S. firms, versus 29% a year ago
Our Thoughts💡:
Hmm.. Not looking forward to going back to work given a strange new trend at the office:
People putting names on food in the company fridge. On Christmas, I had a Tuna sandwich called Kevin.
Like thanks so much for microwaving fish on your lunch break. We all love the smell of rotten tuna at 1 pm 🤢
Culture 🌎 : Global Population tops 8 billion.
Just incase your boyfriend feels irreplaceable ladies..
We have entered 2025 with 200 million more people than two years ago, the UN reports..
Reminds us of the famous Kingsman movie (2014). A psychotic billionaire wants to control and reduce the population in the name of climate change by putting chips inside people. Umm tbh we thought it was hilarious.. until now.
Hollywood hinting at us since a decade with movies designed to soften us up for what's to come.. Buckle up folks
Key Highlights, reported by the United Nations:
💡As of January 2025, the global population is projected to be approximately 8.2 billion people
💡This figure is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050
💡It's important to note that population growth rates vary by region. For example, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to experience a significant increase, with its population projected to double by 2050.
In contrast, some regions, such as Europe, may see a decline in population due to lower fertility rates and aging populations.
These demographic shifts have profound implications for global development, resource allocation, and policy planning in the coming decades for governments
Quicker Bites:
Starbucks union vows more action.
Dozens killed when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in South Korea.
Trump says H-1B visa program is ‘great’ amid MAGA feud over tech workers.
Former President Jimmy Carter dies at age 100.