It seems as though everyone was pushing for 2017 to arrive as fast as possible. Not only were we pushing for it to arrive, but we were pulling it by the leg, hair or anything to get rid of the harsh nightmare of 2016. Now that it's here, we have resumed to our annual lies and misfortunes of consulting and creating our New Year's Lies - sorry, resolutions.

We have began to commit ourselves to new (and old) promises we will not keep no matter how much we tell ourselves 'this time it'll happen. This is the year I can finally (blank).' We think of ways to change ourselves for the sake of a silly myth/idea that we can change ourselves overnight simply because the clocks have changed one digit and our calendars now need to be updated. We get all worked up and spend hundreds of dollars on gym memberships, organic groceries (which are hella expensive, by the way) and buy motivational books just to finally complete the promise we set for ourselves every year.

And yet, we fail. Miserably.

Whether it be the second day, second week, month or the second you taste organic carrots for the first time, we all fail and decide to proclaim the defeating words of 'maybe next year'. Maybe next year we can commit to going to the gym everyday. Maybe next year we can become vegetarians for the third time. Maybe next year I can complete the promise I made to myself.

This is you shouldn't make a new year's resolution. Instead, follow the movement of #NewYearSameMe. It's a movement on social media stating that change should not be made simply because it's a new year. Change is something gradual and takes time. If you want to change something about yourself, then do so slowly. Take your time going to a gym, ease into a vegetarian diet, read one motivational book at a time. The reason we burn out is because we are lead based off our heart instead of our brain.

According to Forbes magazine, only 8% of people who make new year's resolutions actually keep them. Those few mention that the key to a successful change is to keep it simple, tangible, and make it obvious.

So if you've made a new year's resolution, hopefully you can follow your own path. To the rest of us who've already quit, there's always next year, right?