New Year’s Resolutions—It’s Not Too Late

Just because New Year’s Eve has come and gone doesn’t mean it’s too late to make new year’s resolutions. The whole first two weeks of January are zoned for resolution-making. New year’s resolutions are a lot like the Olympics in that way. They start with a bang, but then last forever. Ten days after the kickoff, you turn on your TV expecting to watch The Office and are left wondering what the heck curling is. So, you see how they’re exactly the same minus the ice and spandex, right?

Anyway, here are three general resolutions that we suggest to all of our readers for 2010: * Scare Yourself: And we don’t mean in a “Boo!” way; we mean in a pushing yourself past your comfort point way. Well, we take that back. If saying “Boo!” for whatever reason pushes you past your comfort point, then yeah, maybe we do mean in a “Boo!” way. For those of you not frightened by the sound of your own voice, this could mean sky diving, talking to that person you’ve had a crush on since kindergarten, or volunteering to go first for presentations in history class, just to see what it feels like.

* Stop yourself: There's something to be said for doing nothing. We understand that with soccer practice, SAT studying, and trying to get closer to, you know, fondling a special someone who doesn't know you exist, you probably don’t have a full day to devote to nothingness, so what about an hour? Try to give yourself an hour a week when you’re doing nothing but relaxing. Sounds nice, right?

* Embarrass yourself: You don’t make memories by playing it safe. So go ahead and see what you can do to make 2010 memorable. Is it trying out a ridiculous fad in a big way? Harem pants are a good place to start. Maybe it’s giving yourself a fake tattoo of some really cheesy lyric. See how your friends react to the chorus of "Fireflies" on your arm. Or maybe you want to follow in our footsteps of personal humiliation? Try sending yourself something from 1-800-Flowers in 2^nd period Bio so that Hank Ellstine gets jealous of someone else liking you and finally realizes that he should ask you to Winter Formal. (Erm, but there's a chance he totally won’t notice and you’ll end up carrying around a flowering cactus for the rest of the school day.)

Hope these inspire some awesomeness in your 2010!

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