I Would Like To Climb

New Years Resolutions.

I'm only 19 and I feel like I have lived a thousand years because I hear so many of these, and not just during January but all the year long. I'm curious as to why and how they've become prevalent in modern day society. 

I guess that it's really not that far fetched to assume that the quest for a better sense of perfection is one of the biggest supporters of the New Year's Resolution. 

I've made them before too, but I stopped when I realized I was never, in the entire year making any effort towards actually keeping a resolution. I can't help but wonder if the reason, we have such a hard time keeping them is because  we make it something we have to do instead of something that we want to do. I mean sure, on NYE, everyone says, "This year, I want to do this and this and that that" but its never really an actual drive to want to do something, because its manifested by more of a cultural need. 

I read somewhere that I think over at least 80 percent of New Year's Resolutions begin with "I want to lose weight." This, by now, really shouldn't baffle me, but it honestly does. I can't understand why women and men today feel so inferior to the literal fraction of size zeroes in the world. I've battled with self esteem for a long time and I'm not a size zero, I'm no where near that, and while I've wanted to be thinner, I have never once wanted to look like someone else. I always just wanted to be a better version of myself, which I'm still working on.  People are beautiful, from zeroes to 26's. It's all relative. 

New Year's Resolutions...

Are they here to help us or hurt us?

Current Playlist:

Summerboy- Lady Gaga

Water Of Gods- The Changes

Khemitones- Fever Marlene

Emergency [live]-Paramore

Too Pretty- Simon Wilcox

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