New Year’s Eve is the perfect excuse to get together with friends, dress up in sparkly dresses, live it up and post pictures on social media. I am guilty of all of this. I myself spent the last night of the decade living it up, babysitting, eating Chinese food and watching High School Musical The Musical The Series - a great show might I add. Oh and I went to bed at 11:30. On purpose.
When I woke up the next morning, I saw a lot of people posting a really creative caption with their pictures. Everyone was like, ~20/20 Vision~, ~I can see clearly~ blah blah blah. Stop. Stop trying to be me. Stop trying to be like US. Those of us who are blessed with having 20/20 vision don’t appreciate the rest of you using our most advantageous trait to get a few extra likes on your Instagram picture.
That being said, I’ll have you know that I have always wanted glasses. Then again, I said that about braces because I thought they would make me look cool and we all know how I looked with braces: insert emoji here:
Anyways. You are all forgiven. And now that we’re past this, I want to share my goals for 2020.
I’ve never been one to make resolutions, much less keep them throughout the year. I like to workout on NYE to end the year with a bang, and on the first day of the new year to start the year off with, you know, a bang.
Eat less bread, Megan. Good one. Eat less candy, Megan. You got it. Gain some self control. As if.
I don’t see the point in making resolutions revolving around exercise or eating healthier because there are way too many variables that come into play. Honestly, I find myself going in and out of cycles throughout the year where I workout every day for weeks, and then nothing for a month. It happens. I’m as inconsistent as it gets.
I want to write down a list of things I want to accomplish this year so I can hold myself accountable and actually remember them - for those of you who know me, I have an amazing long-term memory but an awful short-term one. So, with that being said, here are some things I want to do this year…
Get at least two to three clips under my belt - clips meaning articles and publications.
Do something with “College Sucks Sometimes” - all of the anecdotes I received from people about why college isn’t always the best.
Read more. I used to read all of the time and I have somehow lost my patience and reading stamina. Time to build it up again.
Spend less money on clothes. You’re welcome Mom. I’m really going to try.
Get a job at school. It’s way too easy to spend money in a big city and I am bleeding myself dry over here.
Stop interrupting people while they talk. Alexis, this one’s for you. It’s like I don’t even realize I do and I don’t do it to be rude. I just CAN’T HELP IT. But I will help it. That’s what 2020 is for.
Learn to blow dry my own hair. Mom this one is also for you. I’m going to be 20 for Pete’s sake; I can’t have my mommy drying my hair anymore.
Volunteer more. Whether it ends up being something I do over the summer, or something I can do during the year, I want to do more to help.
Stop sweating so much. Why is this still an issue and why I am constantly experiencing the hot flashes of a 50-year-old menopausal woman?
Watch The Office two more times through before it gets taken off of Netflix in 2021. That will make it 6 times I think.
Get my Spanish back. I used to be really good and since I haven’t taken a Spanish class in almost two years, I’ve lost it. Necesito mi español de vuelta!
I think that about does it. SOMEONE please hold me accountable. Speak to me only in Spanish. Quiz me on The Office trivia. Manage my spending habits. Ask me to post a How To video of me blow drying my hair. Ask me why something hasn’t been written. Tell me to write something. Help a girl out.
I can see alllllll of this happening. You want to know why?
Because I ACTUALLY have 20/20 vision.
Are you joking.
Taking ~steps into the new year. Or like in Chloe’s case, toward lunch.