New Year's Eve is upon us. Time to say goodbye to 2022 and "Hey Bae!" to 2023! Even if you're partied out from holiday gatherings, you should consider ringing in the new year with these fun ways to keep the celebrations going.

2022 was a doozy.

Case in point? The Words of the Year the dictionaries chose to describe 2022's tone sent shivers up our spine. Read: "Goblin mode" and "permacrisis."

That makes marking in a fresh new start even more important. Are you ready to celebrate?

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New Year's Eve traditions vary around the world. There's everything from the 115-year tradition of the ball drop in New York to polar bear swims, to watching and setting off your own fireworks to light up the night.

If you're still looking for a way to make this New Year's Eve more memorable, here are some ways to bang away the energy of 2022, and make this midnight one you won't forget.

From lentils to cabbage, noodles to pork, pickled herring and many other oddities in between, there are tons of different foods that people around the world believe bring luck.

You could base your last meal of 2022 or first meal of 2023 on foods laden with symbolism and those that might bring you good fortune.

Why not hedge your bets that this year will be better with a belly full of lucky lettuce or greens?

Cabbage, for example, is said, to symbolize long life and riches. You could cook yourself up a side of some simple coleslaw to chow down on.

Eating black-eyed peas has been a good luck tradition in the southern states since the Civil War. You might consider updating it by turning the little beans into a stunning homemade hummus.

Regardless if you choose to cook greens, lentils, fish, or black-eyed peas, you can make your New Year's Eve memorable by sharing a home cooked meal with friends and family.

Perhaps a round of seconds will a double dose of luck this year, too.

Watching fireworks is nice, but if you want to do something to shake off the negativity of 2022, you could always take matters into your own hands.

Grab a pot or a pan and a spoon. Then, when the clock strikes midnight, smash them together with all the rage that has been pent-up inside of you throughout the last year. Let that noise and the sound vibrations ring out as you bang your way into a better 2023.

The tradition is actually an old one that in many cultures symbolizes scaring off the negative energy or bad spirits of the previous year.

To make the action even a bit more grand, do it with your co-celebrators, and dance in a circle like you just don't care. Maybe you'll kick off 2023 with a spontaneous pot and pan drum circle and jam the night away.

You might warn your neighbors before you sound the alarm.

There's no better time to make a positive change or work on self-improvement than when the calendar changes into a new year. Setting intentions at the same time as others around the world also gives new goals a special magnitude.

New Year's resolutions are famous for being vague and failing, but they don't have to be. Besides, taking time out to write out a resolution can be powerful in its own right, because you appraise where you are right now and where you would like to be.

Give yourself some hope, and set a goal or resolution that gets you pumped for what's to come. Start with what you "can do" rather than "don't dos."

That said, psychologists suggest that if you want your resolution to succeed, you need to make it specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound.

For some guidance from the cosmos, it's also been said that certain resolutions don't work as well for specific zodiac signs. Our guide can help.

However you choose to spend the last hours of the year, may 2023 be better, healthier, and more exciting than 2022!