A couple waits to throw notes representing bad memories into a trash bin on "Good Riddance Day" in New York Dec 28, 2011. The annual "Good Riddance Day" event invites people to shred messages that represent memories or events that they want to forget as they enter the new year.[Photo/Agencies]

A woman looks at her phone in front of messages that people have sent in to be shredded before the new year, on "Good Riddance Day" in New York.[Photo/Agencies]