If you’re anything like me, you’re tired of committing to resolutions each year. Like most people, I tell myself I’m going to start doing the things I know will make me a better person like working out three times a week or reading a new book even though I know I won’t make the time. I know there are so many things I can be doing in my daily routine to improve myself, but when it comes down to it I rather spend my free time doing anything else.

I’m fed up with intentions and resolutions because I never stick to them. I get caught up in the chaotic realities around me, and fail to act according to my goals. So this year, I’m striving to look at the bigger picture. I know that change will take struggle, time and loss.

But this year, I’d like to overcome those challenges by focusing on each day at a time. In the new year I promised myself that each day I will do something good for me, with realistic expectations. This year I will be unforgivingly selfish with my time.

If there is one thing I learned in 2016, it’s that I focus most of my energy on problems and situations that won’t matter a year from now. I procrastinate, worry, and stress until it’s time to fling myself into the problems the next day might bring. I choose temporary solutions over the larger, more challenging ones.

I want to overcome these anxieties in 2017 and work on the things that matter. I’m looking to act for change, not intention, as I strive for new understanding experience and improvement. I hope this year you all will realize and enjoy the important moments in life.