This year I decided to not make a resolution, because after my past resolutions, I realized I don't take them serious anymore. However, I have started to make a couple slight changes to my lifestyle in hopes that they will stick.

1. I started to exercise again.

I can't guarantee that I'm exercising just because I'm bored, but I've gone to the gym three time this week and I'm planning to go again after I finish this article. It's not because I want to loose weight or be healthier. (Even thought those are great perks.) I have been going to the gym because it's something I can do to forget about stress and relax. That's one of my main problems during the school year, I'd prefer to sit on social media and see how everyone else is doing, instead of bettering myself.

2. I started eating healthier...kinda.

Yes, I admit to getting Perri's pizza two days ago, but for the most part I have been eating balanced home cooked meals.This still isn't about loosing weight, I feel better when I eat better food. Yes, the "ancient grain" granola I bought from Wegmans may taste like shit, but it give me tons of energy.

3. I have started taking more videos and pictures.

I haven't been taking pictures since my freshman year of college. I had a poster up with memories from my senior year in high school, and I wasn't sure if I was getting more homesick from the poster or not. My original plan was to add on to the poster picture, but I didn't even bring the poster back this year. I didn't print out any pictures to bring back this year either. I feel like that was a mistake. I miss my picture board, so now I know not to make that mistake anymore and that starts by taking more pictures.

4. I started learning Spanish.

I downloaded Duolingo a couple days ago. Like working out, this is just another thing I can do to better myself, instead of scrolling through social media. I can already feel myself losing some of the vocab I was practicing earlier today, but it's fun to do. On top of that, learning is like an exercise for my brain!

5. Instead of scrolling through facebook, I scroll through CNN.

The only worry I have with decreasing my social media is that I will become out of the loop. I decided the fix that by setting up CNN alerts on my phone and scrolling through the news on my app once or twice a day. I realize I'm still on my phone, but just looking at the news weeds out the random videos and cat memes.

I can't guarantee anything I am doing now will stick once the craziness of college starts, but that doesn't matter to me. I'm trying to change and I'm kicking 2017 off with changing myself, showing 2017 I am ready for whatever change it has to throw at me!