I was never one to make New Years Resolutions. It’s not like I don’t have any specific goals, but I never felt the need to talk about how I’m going to, or want to, better myself. Truth is, I don’t know what my future holds, and I hate the expectation of always having to somehow inhabit it. All I can do is take each second as it comes.

I kind of see resolutions as a list of nitpicks. I think of it like, sure, I could beat myself up for what I could be doing better, or I could try and do something about it now and see where it takes me. I have millions of mini footnotes in the back of my head that I’m constantly working towards, and none of them reside in my Instagram captions or Twitter logs.

I guess some people like to have an audience, and hey, with all of this technology these days, when are we not subconsciously putting on a show for people? Yet, it's only during this time of year that we are all so comfortable with evaluating one another.

We encourage each other to enlighten ourselves, but wouldn't it be more productive if we spent that time actually doing something about it? Why not evaluate ourselves every day instead of in time of the New Year? Just like we should always be grateful, even when it’s not thanksgiving, or always be giving, even when it’s not Christmas.

I'm not saying we should get rid of this whole New Year, New Me thing, but let's start a new trend like, New Day, New Me. It makes perfect sense to look back on year's worth of baggage and sift through all of your mistakes. But it makes just as much sense to do that every week, if not everyday. We should always stay mindful of what we want for ourselves.

Don't think of the New Year as an excuse to be a better person, just be one. We don’t need to waste time on analyzing how we’re going to do what, the first step is to just get out there and actually do it. If it’s something you truly want, you’ll make sure there’s time for it.