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New Year's Resolutions You Should Pursue

2017, here I come.

Amber Lynn Paylor
Dec 27, 2016
University of North Carolina
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New Year's Resolutions You Should Pursue
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As the new year approaches, there are plenty of things each person aims for. The goals they hope to reach, and the goals they actually pursue. However, this list is a list of goals that everyone should aim for. Not just making good grades, or to stop procrastinating (although those are awesome goals), but to be a better version of you each year.

1. Love each person you encounter

2. See the positive side of the situation before the negative side

3. Drink more water and less soda

4. Limit your fast food restaurant visits

5. Put money in your savings account and don't touch it

6. Find a way to do an act of random kindness

7. Delete any social media that distracts you from spending time with your friends or family

8. Learn something new each day

9. Try new restaurants to eat at

10. Call a friend or family member each day

11. Serve more

12. Compliment a different person every day

13. Try cooking new foods from family recipes or ones you find on Pinterest

14. Love yourself

15. Tell your best friend how much you appreciate them every day

16. Visit your neighbors

17. Make a cleaning schedule for your house and stick with it

18. Make time to seriously take care of yourself

19. Gossip less

20. Stop and smell the roses

21. Take more spontaneous trips to the beach or mountains

22. Learn when to let go

23. Trust God more than you trust yourself

24. Stress less

25. Smile more

26. Stand up for what you believe in

27. Pray more

28. Worry less

29. Talk less and listen more

30. You are a prince/princess of the King of Kings; act like it

Don't be afraid of this list because there are so many to conquer. Just do your best! It's going to be a great year!

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