Everyone always says "new year, new me." Let me stop you right there - don't change yourself just because it's January again and you want to make this the "best year ever." Change yourself because you want to, because you deserve to, or because you feel you need to. Yes, the beginning of a new year is like having a clean slate again, and it feels good to restart and set goals for yourself for the next twelve months, but before you set your New Years resolution, here's what you should stop doing:

1. Stop wasting time on relationships/friendships that suck the happiness out of you. Working your ass off to keep something going because you've been at it for so long is exhausting, especially when it's going nowhere. You come first.
2. Stop sleeping with your makeup on. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE STOP SLEEPING WITH YOUR MAKEUP ON. Your skin will thank you.
3. Stop setting your expectations so high. I'm not saying to give up on your dreams or yourself, I'm saying think realistically - there's a less chance that you'll be disappointed in yourself.
4. Stop settling!!! For bad jobs, bad relationships, bad coffee. Know your worth and never settle for less than you deserve.
5. Stop worrying about what other people think. Life does not revolve around other people's opinions, and said opinions certainly do not determine who you are as a person.
6. Stop trying to change things you have no control over. You can't make someone like you, you can't change the weather, and you can't force yourself to love someone.
7. Stop criticizing people for having their own opinions, and making their own life choices. If you cannot stand when people do it to you, why do it to them? Let others live their life how they want.
8. Stop letting people make you feel bad for doing something you love. Just because your interests don't fit other's standards, doesn't mean you're wrong for doing it. Everyone is different.
9. Stop putting other people's happiness before your own. You come first, plain and simple.
10. Stop forgetting to love yourself. You are the only person that can show you the love you deserve, and only you can surround yourself with that love, and that happiness.