Let's be honest, the resolutions aren’t working; or if they are, the motivation is dwindling.
In between Christmas and right before the new year, there is a limbo where not much happens other than the expected "new year, new me" flood on your timelines. People are going back to work, finally checking the damage of their bank account, and realizing it is just about time to come up with an answer to the all too familiar question "What are your new years resolutions?"
When I finally got around to the question my mind went really idealistic. Gosh, there is just so much! I want to go to the gym more, I want to try harder at this or put more effort into that, I want to be able to work, have an internship, be a full time student, and a good daughter/citizen; the list could have gone on for years. Yet, how many of the new year resolutions we set out for ourselves do we realistically keep past January? The strong conviction of going to the gym every week is all too soon forgotten as college students begin buckling down for another semester and working citizens realize the time they took off for winter vacation needs to be placed somewhere. Life happens.
Here is a list of realistic new year resolutions commandments that we can all, for the most part, keep and will have us feeling good as we prepare for stressful, starving and a (hopefully) rewarding semester.
1. Thou shall make it to thy 8 a.m. class…even if thy are going to be a little (a lot) late
2. When thy goes out to eat with friends…thou shall not dwell on thy phone
3. Thou shall communicate with thy parental units in some way at least once every two days
4. Thou shall skip the party to study for that really big test but make plans to go out with friends next week to make up for it
5. Thou shall take the stairs from thy mode of transportation to class instead of the escalator if thy refuses to enter a gym
6. Thou shall put five dollars a month away into thy savings account
7.Thou shall take a break from ramen and eat a vegetable at least once a week
8. Thou shall ask the cutie in thy class to hangout because why not!
9. Thou shall clean thy room BEFORE thy can no longer see the floor.
10. Thou shall not drunk dial, text or snapchat an ex
11. Thou shall not text anyone in the same room
12. Thou shall eat a cookie if thy feels like eating a cookie
13. Thou shall not be so hard on thyself for one bad grade on an assignment
14. Thou shall try not yell at the person working the FAFSA center at school, it is not their fault your FAFSA was screwed up or delayed…again.
15. Thou shall do everything possible to not let the stress of adulting make them old and bitter and remember to enjoy college!
