12 New Year's Resolutions Anyone Can Totally Achieve
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12 New Year's Resolutions Anyone Can Totally Achieve

Just some reasonable resolutions that you can definitely accomplish.

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12 New Year's Resolutions Anyone Can Totally Achieve
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New Year's resolutions. Everyone's made one, everyone's probably argued how arbitrary they can be. Nonetheless, deciding to accomplish something in a year is simply easier to do when you start on literally day one. People often go too big with their resolutions and give up after a month or maybe even a day, and essentially they feel bad about it. Maybe that's why 2016 was so awful; everyone had huge resolutions, didn't achieve them within a month, and set the tone for the whole year.

Anyway, even the smallest accomplishment can make a big impact on not only yourself but others as well. So here are twelve New Year's Resolutions anyone can achieve.

1. Don't slip on ice.

My New Year's Resolution in 2015 was to not slip on ice as I was rather prone to doing so and never bought proper snow shoes. So, one nice thing about this resolution is if you live in a place where it's warm year round or even part of the year, then think of how easy that is! It's a small accomplishment you can make that you can easily brag about to your friends.

2. Slip on ice every day.

If you want to try a trickier resolution along the same lines as #1, then try falling on ice every day. Why would you want to do that? Just to say you can! If you live in a place where there isn't ice for certain times of the year then think of how creative you can get with this one!

3. Eat more pizza.

Sure you could eat just about more of any food out there, but come on. Pizza is best. There are so many pizzas out there that you've probably never met someone who doesn't like pizza, and if you or someone you know doesn't like pizza then explore your options. Culture yourself. Anyway, eat more pizza. Eat it once a week, maybe once a day. Spice it up. Do whatever but eat more pizza.

4. Eat more salad.

Now I know what you're thinking: salad is for chumps. Well, guess what? If you chop anything up into little pieces and maybe throw in some lettuce (which is optional to eat) then you get a salad. If anyone ever asks you "if you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be" then say salad because all you have to do is chop anything up and there you go! You have a salad. Pizza salad, burger salad, chicken salad, chocolate salad, etc. It's definitely one of the easiest resolutions out there.

5. Listen to more Beyonce.

I mean you hear her everywhere as it is, but she has an incredible selection of music where basically anyone can like at least one song. Like country? Put on Daddy Lessons. Mad at your boo? Listen to Sorry. Life handed you lemons? Listen to Lemonade. Trust me, just one song a day or week of Beyonce will be an easy accomplishment and set the tone for 2017 a helluva lot better than 2016.

6. Drink more water.

This one sounds like a resolution a lot of people actually set for themselves, but sometimes they are just so addicted to caffeine or something it's hard. So, instead of spending all that money on soda or coffee just blow all your money on luxuries so when you only have a few dollars left you end up drinking from the sink instead of buying your daily Starbucks. Or, in a more probable way, for every cup of coffee or can of soda you drink, drink that much water too. Some people say chugging four cups of water in the morning is also incredibly beneficial to your health, I guess.

7. Walk your pets more.

Normally people say "walk more" but you can simply tell people "my New Year's resolution was to walk my dog/cat more." What's the difference? You yourself don't have to walk just because your pet does! Don't force your pet to pull you as you ride a skateboard or something because that would make you a jerk, but rollerskate at the same time as your pet walks, or use your hoverboard or something. This is an intersectional resolution that is totally doable, unless you don't have pets.

8. Eat more vitamins.


Again, sounds like something you would normally start as a resolution. But keep some delicious gummy vitamins next to your bed or your couch or where ever you lounge most. Why? That way when you're binge watching Netlfix and you want a snack but you're too comfortable to get up, just reach over and eat some gummies. Simple as that.

9. Play a new instrument.


You've probably caught on by now, and so you've probably realized you don't have to learn a new instrument. Just pick up an instrument and play it a little, whether good or not, and there you go. You've played a new instrument and you've achieved your resolution. Also, you might really end up liking this isntrument and you could learn to play it for real so it could be beneficial in the end anyway!

10. Learn something.



Learn a new instrument, learn a new language, learn learn learn. Simply making your resolution to learn something - anything - everyday. Buy a Snapple everyday, pop open the cap, and there you go. You've got yourself a new fact. Watch Jeopardy at night as you eat dinner. Subscribe to a "Fact of the Day" email. It's an easy and educational resolution that you can totally achieve.

11. Donate more.

Donate what? That's up to you. Donate blood for the greater good? Of course! Donate money, like the leftover changed? Great! Donate plasma and get about $50 for it? Go for it. Donate altruistically? By all means.

12. Restore someone's faith in humanity.


This sounds like a big thing, but in reality it's easy to do (which is a little sad). You look at the crummy things that have happened in 2016. You recall those really bad moments this past year. You remember that one day where everything was incredibly frustrating you broke down in tears. We've all been there, but we've all (hopefully) seen something that took that awful day or awful moment and restored our faith in humanity. It's a lot easier to do, trust me. Buy someone's lunch in the drive thru. Leave a big tip. Pick up litter. Help someone. It's easy to be kind and spread kindness, and this is an easy resolution to achieve. Not only will it benefit you on the inside, it'll benefit others as well, and I think that's something we all want for 2017.



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