Another year. Not much changes except that we start the countdown again to yet another day for when we can forget the mistakes of the fleeting year. New Year's Resolutions are challenging to keep because it is difficult to change on command and also to commit to that change for an entire year.

We cannot predict anything that happens in the next year. I know that I will probably lose loved ones, lose connection with certain friends, make new friends, and change a million times throughout a single day; so why plan to change at all when change is inevitable?

I believe that we should all strive to be the best we can be and not decide to do so just because the month changes. Let us not make promises we know we cannot keep and instead, look forward into the new year with open minds, for life can bring the best and worst moments to us and, for now, we will not know any of it.

I never made a New Year's Resolution because I tend to set expectations for my life. No matter how good or bad the year turns out to be, if it does not unfold the way it had in my mind, I am always left feeling disappointed. Looking back, I should have promised myself to do my best and enjoy every minute of the year because life does not happen as planned. It changes with every second of every day; our expectations are hardly met because of how unpredictable our lives can be. So whether we are laughing, crying, fighting, or making peace, when the new year comes around, all I hope for is that life continues forward, and that I will not be trapped in the year that had just ended.