I thought a lot about the last year with the New Year coming up. I thought about how my year began, who it began with, and who I was then. I thought about the progress I've made and the progress I don't make. At first, when looking back on all of these things I thought it had to do with my New Year's resolutions.

But thinking back on it now, my year and the way it went had nothing to do with the resolutions I set at the beginning of the year. I didn't drink more water, I didn't exercise more.

In fact, I came to the realization that everyone else usually comes to mid-March. I wasted my time making a list of resolutions I did not and would not even attempt to follow. I didn't follow any my resolutions. None.

The progress I made or did not make was all to do with what was thrown at me during the course of the year. It had nothing to do with the resolution I set to drink more water and then once I did that suddenly my life changed for the best.

This past year actually kind of sucked. Now, I could blame that on the fact that I did not follow or attempt my resolutions, set new ones and try again in January. But let's be honest, I'm not going to do that. It's been 20 years of failed New Year's resolutions. Why would I start now?

I've always kind of thought that resolutions were pretty stupid. People put way to much pressure and expectations on a list of things that truly don't matter in the grand scheme of things. "Oh no, if I don't drink more water I'm going to get acne and then my resolution to find love this year is down the tubes and then what do I have to live for?!" Everything, Kelly… You Have everything to live for.

New Year's resolutions do not make or break the rest of the year. They don't suddenly set the stage for how the next 364 days are going to go and they certainly do not define where I am in life. So I decided, I'm not doing them anymore.

I am not wasting my time to set up a list of at least 10 things that I am not going to remember in 24 hours let alone months from now. Instead, I am going to spend this year living it out the best I can without the pressure of following resolutions or putting pressure on a list of words that really don't matter.

2019 will be great, I can feel it. But not because of the resolutions I'm not going to set.