Happy New Year! Now it is time for you to start getting used to writing 2018 on every assignment, document, or check... hooray! I'm not the only one who still thinks of 2005 as ten years ago, right? Even if I am, many people do think of the new year as starting over and creating goals that they wish to accomplish in the coming 365 days. I'm here to tell you that your New Year's resolutions are dumb. Plain and simple.

Why is it that, as humans, we wait until there is a new calendar year to start fresh?

Why didn't you start yesterday, or a month ago?

If you have dreams or wishes to get something done, then why are you putting them off? Do them now! Don't let your dreams be dreams.

I know that I'm guilty of this, but how many of you have said that they were going to have a New Year's resolution only to have it fail a week later? If you really want it to happen, you would start on your own clock. You wouldn't start just because everyone else is starting new. If you have had the same resolution for the past three years, do you really think that you will do it this year?

Your life doesn't magically change on the first of a new year. You don't magically get the desire to try something new.You did not become a new person as the quote, "New Year, New Me," states. If you were to have a major life change, you would want to think about it right? Well, then why is it that we all decide to make a major life change on one specific day? It isn't logical! You are bound to fail if you decide to make a major change in the span of a day. This, therefore, makes New Year's resolutions dumb.

Now for those of you arguing that these resolutions are a start to take steps to become healthier or happier, I don't disagree so you can go and calm down. For the majority of people, we fail our New Year's resolutions because it isn't something we are truly motivated to accomplish. We may want the change, but unless you are truly committed to accomplishing it, you will fail. Sorry.

Start when you know you will have the time, effort, and motivation. If you know that you will simply never have a combination of the three, then push yourself. Schedule your goals into your schedule, place a post-it-note on your laptop or mirror where you will see it every day, or what I have done, find a friend with the same goal to keep you motivated. Research shows that it will take you 21 days to form a habit. Stick with your goals for 21 days and trust me it will be that much easier. Create goals, not New Year's resolutions.