New year, new you...right? It really does sound nice, but I personally don’t think that a couple of numbers changing on the calendar are going to affect much. After that drunken New Year's celebration, the clock strikes midnight, and you kiss someone, you think that it’s a new year and you have a fresh slate. And that symbolic change of dates can really mean a lot to some people, and that is great. For some people, 2015 was a really bad year filled with sadness, regret, and lots of mistakes. Some people need a symbol to move on from those mistakes and create a new start. But for me, I really do not think I need to change in 2016.

2015 was a great year where I made some of the greatest friends of my life. I learned a lot about myself and who I am as a person. But in the last 12 months I remembered that there is not one person on this planet who is like me. And that is something that you have to remember, not just in the beginning of a new year but always. I have learned that the most important part of becoming a better and stronger person is by learning to love yourself. Because you are you and no one can do anything about that. Trying to be someone else is not worth it. If that is the case, you will just find yourself sad and tired.

I am not going to change in 2016 because to change would mean to stray away from all of the great lessons I have learned. You are worth more than the numbers on a scale. You do not need to lose 20 pounds in order to be beautiful. Those numbers do not make you a different person. And it is important to be healthy but one of the most important parts of being healthy is to love who you are. Because when you do accept yourself for who you are and remain positive as opposed to being negative and disliking everything about yourself, you attract more positive people. And by having these positive people in your life, you yourself become a more positive person. This past year, I accepted who I am and instead of trying to change who I am, I focused on myself and learned more about what make me, well, me. By doing this I have created the most amazing friendships.

We all have weaknesses, and those aren’t things we try to change, but things we should accept and try to improve. By remaining negative, you will never improve these weaknesses but you will just start to hate yourself. Like said earlier, you shouldn’t let numbers on a scale define you, just like you shouldn’t let a new date define you. You do not need to make a new resolution because it is now 2016, but should accept who you are not change yourself, but love yourself. Because everyone in the world could love you but if you don’t, you’ll never be happy. Love life and everyone in it because that is what life is all about. In the wise words of the Biebs, "You should go and love yourself."