Which New Year suits you best?

New Year is a big cosmic mess of glitter, Christmas trees and chimes, during which we all spend a lot of money on gifts and decorations, and also kill our last nerves by closing New Year’s deadlines. Each of us has our own version of the ideal vacation: some want a mega-party with friends, others want a warm evening with family, and some even dream of looking at the snow outside the window in absolute solitude. This holiday is the mirror of our soul and it can be anything.

But what to do if you want a noisy party, but you only have the energy to look at the snow alone? .. We have made a small selection of New Year’s archetypes according to Carl Jung – choose which archetype suits you best better (or which one you are striving to become). We will also give some tips on how each archetype can simplify the process of preparing an ideal vacation – spoiler: let “robots work hard, not people” (after all, it is not for nothing that we live in l era of a technological revolution).

There are people for whom the New Year is a reason to light up as much as possible. Those who cannot imagine a vacation without dancing, without laughter, without emotion and without crowds. The hero is always at the epicenter of events: he brings together friends, charges them with energy and creates an atmosphere that everyone then remembers until next year. Such a Hero will probably want to organize a techno-rave in his apartment for the holidays: light music, a bar with signature cocktails, an impromptu dance floor and, of course, only his closest friends (“come on, he There will only be 30 people – as you can see, I will invite you at least).

To organize such a party, you need to have about 10 hands, or better yet, more. You can call your friends in advance and invite them to prepare everything together, but then you will have to share the glory of the organizer – and accept the fact that not everything will turn out the way you want.

If you still don’t want to ask your friends for help, there is an option to ask robots for help! Modern electronic devices are cooler than they seem. Even a regular kettle can be turned on from a phone from another room by purchasing one of the elements of the Smart Home system – a smart socket. And if you buy motion sensors, the lights will turn on automatically and the doors will start opening when you approach them. And the Alice speaker, found in almost every home, can do a lot of things. It’s cool to use all this separately, but it’s even more convenient to collect all the “smart” devices in one remote control – for example, in the SmartThings application from Samsung. There you can not only control all devices, but also program certain scenarios in which everything is involved: a washing machine or an oven with an electronic “brain”, or a robot vacuum cleaner, or smart lamps – the application you will tell how to use all this correctly.

We prepared the “Dancing until morning” scenario in advance and off we went: the air conditioner turns on and off automatically when a certain temperature is reached, the lights dim automatically, the speaker broadcasts your favorite songs one after the other, the video on the TV adapts to the atmosphere of the music. By the way, for such a meeting an interesting robot assistant is a projector like The Freestyle, thanks to which you can stream videos from your phone or listen to music, and with an accessory, light and music.

For the enlightened, the best New Year is the one when, instead of the roar of fireworks, the soft crackle of candles sounds. The wise chooses tranquility: a cozy evening with a loved one or even alone, to free oneself from any interference in personal space. This archetype does not need the noise of flying traffic jams and loud screams. The Wise will prefer relaxing music, a bright (non-flashing!) garland on a small Christmas tree and a few complex culinary masterpieces on the festive table.

But how much will you have to do yourself… Not everyone is ready to make such sacrifices for themselves – cleaning the apartment all day and at the same time cooking duck with apples according to sophisticated recipes , realizing that no one else will see or appreciate these efforts. Well, that’s why they are enlightened, these Sages.

Let’s simplify according to the scenario. Imagine: we wake up on time with the gradually increasing alarm clock music, at this moment the curtains open by themselves, the kettle in the kitchen begins to boil, the oven with preparations for a dizzying dish is already turned off , the food in the refrigerator begins to cool in the evening, the smart socket turns on the festive garland and the robot – the vacuum cleaner has already gone to clean up the dust in the pantry – the door in front of it, naturally, has also gone opened by itself – and at the same time calmed your dog by playing relaxing music (if it is a Jet Bot AI vacuum cleaner).

At midnight, the TV turns on your favorite movie – welcome to a fairy tale! At the same time, all this can be controlled by voice (from a phone, speaker or even through a computer microphone), without any buttons. The chances of achieving enlightenment are increasing, right?

For the sovereign, the New Year is not just a holiday, but a strategic operation. Everything has to be perfect: from garlands hanging symmetrically to the burning of a piece of paper exactly when the chime sounds. The leader knows that the success of the vacation lies in paying attention to every detail and having a clear plan. Well, try to bring to life a clear plan when the children fought and broke the lamp in the living room, the husband forgot to turn off the oven with the main dish, and the cat tore the wallpaper in the hallway because that he got angry at the closed toilet door. But that’s what happens!

Robots can solve at least half of the problems. With a scenario planned in advance, everything will go like clockwork: the TV turned on cartoons for the children, the oven turned off by itself, the door to the cat’s toilet opened at 8 a.m. thanks to to a programmed motion detector, and while you went to the store of the most beautiful glasses, your husband prepares a warm salad according to a recipe from the SmartThings Food section (at the same time, they will probably explain to him how to use the microwave correctly , For so he doesn’t have to wait until New Year’s Eve for breakfast). If you have an oven with AI Pro Cooking technology and a camera, you can spy on the cooking process on your phone directly from the store – and the technology will not let the dish burn, it will extinguish it at time without a timer and without your husband.

When the clock reads 11:50 p.m., the smart speaker reminds you it’s time to pour some glasses and make a wish.

3… 2… 1… Hooray!

New Year is a time to celebrate

Live in modern times – do not waste your energy and nerves on control, entrust as many tasks as possible to small electronic assistants who will definitely not forget all the necessary details. And the main writer of the party is always you.

We wish everyone a better year – and may all your wishes come true!