Let's all be honest with ourselves for a minute. January does not exist in real time. 31 days fly by faster than anything else because you've spent most of your time trying to recover from the holiday season and whatever trauma that remains from fall semester (I know, it was a rough one). Whatever money you were gifted is all gone come February 1st, and you find yourself questioning why you thought exactly this year would be any different than the last.
In terms of comparing the months of the year to weekdays, January is most definitely a Sunday. This means you've got a feeling of impending doom, you know you have multiple things to get done before spring semester starts and you begin a new internship in just a few days and can't remember what business casual even looks like. This is exactly why I consider January a pre-game, if you will, to the actual new year which in my book starts February 1st.
1. You've broken all of the promises you made to yourself.
Starting the year out at a party celebrating the new year is a sure fire way to break at least three of your resolutions for this year.
2. You've spent the month recovering instead of improving.
Fall semester was tough, I get it. Instead of looking towards the next semester and how to improve going into your last semester of college, you take the month to relax and try to forget about graduating in the spring.
3. You've put off your winter class until last minute.
You got caught up in your recovery period and forgot that in order to walk at graduation, you need to finish your online course in 3 days otherwise say hello to summer classes!
4. You've most likely watched everything on Netflix.
You've binge watched just about every show you couldn't pay attention to during last year and now have absolutely nothing to watch until the new wave of additions comes out on the first of February.
5. None of your fitness plans have been started.
Don't even get me started on the New Year squat challenge. If you attempted, I applaud you. Couch potato is a body shape right?
6. Absolutely nothing about your diet has changed.
I didn't even want to start a fad diet, I just wanted to stop eating things that made me feel like a human trash can. Have I done this? No.
7. You realize you were too ambitious with your original resolutions.
I get the point of reaching for the stars, but when it comes to real life changes that we want to make in the coming year, maybe we should be a little more realistic.
But fear not! All of the promises you've made yourself about "new year, new me" can be carried out at the beginning of February. So cheers to your Feb-Resolutions, and here is hoping they won't be as much of a failure as the ones you started the year with.
