"New year, new ME"
"New year, same ME"

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Those are literally the 2 most said phrases on December 31, I think. Where did that even come from? Who came up with "new year, new me"? Are you really changing that much in one day? Is that your resolution?

Think about it; new YOU. Now, i'm all for change. Heaven knows everyone needs it at some point. But...who told you that you needed to be a "new you"? Ex-boyfriend, old friend, parents? A new you is a huge step, one you actually have to be prepared for. It has to be planned out and you legit have to think about how you're going to be different.

I see a lot of girls, and by a lot, I mean a-freaking-lot on Twitter and Facebook ranting about "new year, new me". I genuinely want to ask them what they mean by that. I have never experienced the idea of becoming a new me. But heres the thing: you do you, boo. Don't let anyone tell you that you need to change or be different. I get it, people tell others all the time they don't like something about you. It's happened to me over and over and over. If you feel comfortable enough in your own skin to be the "same me", then do it! Be you!

I've thought a lot about the new year, new me or the same me argument. I'm always on the "same me" side. If you have Twitter or Facebook, I'm sure you've also seen the 800,00 posts others have posted about their side. I genuinely feel like some people mean it. I've never been one to set a resolution for the New Year--I don't like ultimatums or feeling like I absolutely have to do something. However, the new year does bring a clean slate. For 365 brand new days, you can be someone different--if you wish.

Coming from someone who has changed a lot in the last year, I never want anyone to feel like they have to be someone different because of society or because someone else told them they needed to change. Everyone has qualities that someone else is not going to like--that's apparent by social media and all the unnecessary comments that people make on every. single. video posted! Be the strong person you know you can be; be whoever you want to be. Being you is what makes you so special--it's what you were born to do. No two people in the entire world are the same (not even twins)! Take the time to figure out you. Know that "treat yoself" trend that's going around? Yaassss. Do that. Treat yourself to ice cream, take a walk down a road you don't know, get in your own head. Be that "new year, new me" person you want to be. Blank slates are awesome: write on yours something new every day that you didn't know about yourself before.

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You are awesome. You were born and put on this earth to be someone great. I know everyone hears this all the time, but I love to see people in love with themselves. It's honestly one of the greatest things (right up there with pizza, naps, and Netflix). You can be the new you, the same you, the red you, the blue you if you wanted. Our lives are W H A T E V E R they want to be! Do that thing that scares the hell out of you, get in your own head, take yourself on that date, write down how you're gonna be that new you for 2017. Be that blank slate. Love yourself, be yourself, and find out who you are in 2017.