I love the idea of "new year, new me". I love New Year's resolutions and people's aspirations to be a better version of themselves. I love when people make attainable goals for the upcoming year and even go so far as to make a plan to reach each goal. I like seeing people trying to make healthier choices and committing to doing more things that make them happy.
With all of that being said, I love my life. I love the people in my life and I love my classes. I'm really excited about being a communication major and all of the career opportunities that this major has opened up for me. I am so grateful to be a student at Wake Forest University.
I consider myself extremely blessed that the worst bout of "bad health" I've had this year was a nasty case of strep throat. Most importantly, I love myself and I'm proud of all of the things that I have been doing for myself to improve my happiness- like cutting off bad relationships and strengthening the good ones, studying harder in classes that I am passionate about, and applying for internships that I am really really excited about.
This isn't to say that my life is perfect. I could definitely work out more and eat more healthy meals. I could watch less Netflix and do more community service. But I can still do these things without having to change who I am or become a whole new person.
This New Year I don't think that I need to commit to the idea of "New Year, new me" because I don't want to change who I am. I can just enhance who I already am by continuing to do the things that I have been doing that make me happy.