I am in a current state of YES.

Two days ago, one of my best friends told me that she has decided to say yes to any request. There are conditions though; it can't hurt you or anyone else if you say yes, but rather, be a good experience and maybe make someone else's day. Once she told me this, I had to get in on that -- saying yes is as easy as saying no with one exception: you actually get something out of it. From there I have started the journey, the journey of taking every lemon life gives me and making a slushy.

So far it's been going pretty well. I attended a charity concert in a park called "Live for Life," which contributes to the Relay For Life foundation, and I went turkey hunting, all in the same day. Right when I got the invites I was naturally hesitant -- what else did I have to do and do I have the energy to actually get out of my apartment and go? Then I remembered: no matter what you are saying yes, and it was completely worth it. I know it's April but if anyone is still looking for a good new year's resolution look no further. There is quite possibly nothing better than going down the road less travelled.

(photo credit: Chelsey Sabol)

Just imagine all of the things you have said no to during your life. Someone asks you to go get a cup of coffee but you don't really feel like it so you pass, and then the next day you come to find out at the coffee hut, that the person who asked you to go with them. won two free tickets to Music Midtown (just an example yet still applicable).

I think I speak for a lot of college students when I say those days where you just want to binge watch Netflix are a real struggle -- getting up to make pizza rolls can even be a challenge -- but the best thing to kick any slump in the rump is to get up, get out, and go for it. The last thing you want is to look back on your four, probably five years of college and say, "Yeah I had so much fun... watching seasons of Gossip Girls" (great show but you get the picture).

If you're still not convinced, remember this little saying: "It takes more muscles to frown than to smile." Now what does frowning and saying no have to do with each other? Well when you say no, others frown and when you say yes, they smile. So it's a win win.

Get out there and live people! It's time to let your freak flags fly and break out of that shell.