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Our New Year's Resolutions And What We Actually Do

Allison Hurst
Dec 29, 2015
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Our New Year's Resolutions And What We Actually Do

Well, it’s that time of year again. The time when we all make promises to ourselves, which we won’t keep, for the new year. We all know that you are not actually going to the gym every day or cutting Netflix out of your life entirely. Here are 10 New Year’s resolutions that we make and what we actually end up doing.

1. "I'm going to get in shape." What we actually do: Go to the gym once or twice, and then complain for the rest of the year about how we "really need to hit the gym." You can say it all you want, but everyone knows that you aren't actually going to go.


2. "I'm going to stop procrastinating." What we actually do: Look at our long list of assignments, and watch a whole season of "Parks and Recreation."


3. "I'm going to cut back on Netflix." What we actually do: Tell our friends we are going to read a book or do homework, but instead watch a season of "Grey's Anatomy." If you don't tell anyone that you binge-watched 27 episodes of the same show, did you really do it?


4. "I'm going to save money." What we actually do: Go to Whataburger four nights in a row and buy every t-shirt that our school or sorority are selling.


5. "I'm going to be on time/go to class." What we actually do: Hit snooze on all six alarms and come up with some of the strangest excuses.


6. "I'm going to volunteer more often." What we actually do: Adopt a dog for a day from our local pet shelter and post about it on social media.


7. "I'm going to cut back on alcohol." What we actually do: Tell ourselves that we are going to stop going out every night, but somehow end up at our local college bar... every night.


8. "I'm going to go to church more often." What we actually do: Post a Bible verse as our Facebook status, but only end up going on Easter and Christmas.


9. "I'm going to learn to cook." What we actually do: Set our smoke alarm off a couple of times and realize that pizza rolls will suffice for the rest of our lives.


10. "I'm going to pay more attention to politics." What we actually do: Turn on the GOP/Democratic debates and make fun of the candidates. I mean, it's not like we really know what they are talking about anyway.


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