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A Fresh Start

New Year, new you.

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A Fresh Start
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2017

A blank slate.

An empty canvas.

An open road.

A new beginning.


New Year’s Resolutions fill every thought and note:

Get more sleep,

Eat healthier,

Read,

Travel,

Exercise more,

Focus on yourself,

Change yourself,

Change everything.


As you get more sleep, you spend less time awake and exploring the world.

When you start eating healthier, you’re not happy.

When you read, you start doubting your capability and strength.

As you travel, you stay further away from your family.

You exercise more only to break your leg.

You change yourself only to find that you no longer like you.

Everything has changed and nothing is better. In fact, everything is worse.


2018

A blank slate.

An empty canvas.

An open road.

A new beginning.


Newer, better resolutions fill each new thought:

Sleep less,

Eat what you want,

Watch more movies,

Spend time with family,

Take a cheat day,

Focus on the world,

Change the world,

Change everything.


As you sleep less, your time awake is spent being tired.

You start to eat only what you want as opposed to what you want in moderation.

You start watching movies, but also forget to keep reading books on your reading list.

You spend more time with your family but travel less and argue more.

You start to take only cheat days and convince yourself it’s okay.

You focus on the world before you have even understood yourself.

You change the world for you instead of changing it for the better because you don’t understand yourself and your place in the world.

Everything changes except you.


2019

A blank slate.

An empty canvas.

An open road.

A new beginning.


You decide it’s time to do away with New Year’s resolutions and instead make

New Day’s resolutions.

One resolution for every day.

Be a better you.

A different you.

An improved version.

A fresh start.

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