New Year's resolutions have been a customary tradition within my household for the past few years. I can't remember how long ago I began my crazy resolution making, but I do know that I am boss at keeping them.
The first time that I created a resolution, I gave up meat for an entire year. If there is one thing that you should know about me, it is that I love bacon. If it was legal to marry bacon, I would. So giving up meat was torture for me, but I was curious to see how long I could last while being a vegetarian.
It turned out that I lasted the whole year! I was surprisingly proud of myself. I never was very good at sticking to dietary restrictions or promises. After that year ended, I knew that I had to up my game for the next year. So I gave up coffee. If there is another thing that you should know about me, it is that I adore coffee. If it was legal to marry two inanimate food or beverage items at the same time, I would. Like the year before, I stayed off of coffee for the entire year.
Ever since those two resolutions, I kept going each year. Most of my resolutions consisted of "giving up" something, like McDonald's or caffeine. It was not until New Year's Eve of 2013 that I ran out of things to relinquish for the coming year. So for 2014, I caved and made a super cheesy resolution: get into a good college. It was pathetic. I was totally psyching myself out! I knew that I could do better than that, but I had given up meat, coffee, McDonald's, cheese (the love of my life), and caffeine (the other love of my life). There was nothing left to cut out of my diet for 365 days.
I can't say that I did any better for 2015. My resolution was to travel to 3 countries that I never been to. I only got to one, not that I'm complaining! I did not even make a resolution for this new year, as I knew that I would probably fail at it like last year. So, at the moment, I am resolution-less. I've got to say that it feels weird.
I wrote a list last night of possible resolutions that I could adopt, but they were too rookie.
1. Drink a bottle of water every day.
2. Write a journal entry every day.
3. Take a picture of myself each day and look back on New Year's Eve to see how I've changed.
4. Give up soda. (I wrote this list while drinking Coca-Cola.)
5. Reach and maintain a 4.0 GPA this spring semester.
6. Remember to brush my teeth every morning. (I'm a gross gal, I know.)
For the time being, I don't know which one I'll pick. Maybe I won't even pick any of them.
It is nice to have some sort of New Year's resolution at the end of the day. It can be a pain in the behind, but it could also bring much-needed change into your life.
If you have difficulty sticking to your New Year's resolution, try to think of it as a challenge, like I did when I gave up my assortment of foods and drinks. Or, if you are too lazy to create one, just think of each day as a challenge that you will face and conquer. That can be your New Year's resolution for 2016. Make it a great year.
Stay gold.
