Every year we all decide to change ourselves or our life in some way. When January 1 comes along, it is a chance to restart things you may not be happy within your life. For some, it's weight loss, job opportunities, personal goals, or mentality changes, and while these resolutions seem to be a way to start the year off in a positive way, they always seem to fail slowly disappear as the year goes on.

This year, instead of making a resolution, I decided to make my goals for 2019 pretty vague. In order to make 2019 a good year, I am just dedicated my time to doing things that make me happy, whatever that may be at the time. 12 month is a long time to stick to strict guidelines and rules, and that's why I think most of the time people leave their resolutions to begin so quickly.

Instead of feeling bad about not achieving the goals you set, you can feel good about the fact that you did all of the things that made you happy. If we go into the new year with the only expectation being that it's going to be a good and happy year, that's exactly what we can make happen.

Not to say that I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions, but I just think that if we broaden our expectations of what this year can bring, it will make it easier for us to feel like we are achieving our goals. Things happen and situations change, so let your goals and resolutions change with them. My "resolution" this year is to just make sure I am as happy as I can be at any given time, and because of that, I know that this year will be a good one no matter what.