Hey you, it's 2017 now, which means everyone is setting new years resolutions, most of which won't be fulfilled (just being honest here), and people changing their attitudes based off of how the previous year treated them. Instead of changing your attitude due to the last year you lived and making the same resolution that you have for every other resolution that you have made, change your attitude and your resolution to make this your year.

Your year. What is that supposed to mean? It should mean that you have 365 days of genuine happiness, even while dealing with the constant roller coaster that life puts you on. It may involve some hard things such as cutting out toxic people from your life, or working a little harder than you're used to but in the end you will have a year of happiness, a year that is yours.

Do what you need to do to succeed. Don't let other people define your success. Meaning, don't let other people get in the way of your work and effort to make a life for yourself, to benefit their selfish ways. If that relationship you're in is more distracting than it is beneficial to your success, then I hate to break it to you, but it may be one of those toxic things that you're going to have to end to make your own success and make your own year.

It's tough, trust me I know. Trying to allow yourself to be genuinely happy for an entire year seems almost entirely impossible, but in fact, you are more than completely capable. I am most definitely not saying you cannot have days of grief, sadness, or anxiety because otherwise you would not be human, I'm telling you that you shouldn't let that define your day, your week, your year or you.

So 2017 is here, and put extra work in for yourself, cut toxic people out, don't let a day define how you feel, and make this year what you want for it to be.