New Year's Resolutions: IT'S NOT TOO LATE

If you haven’t made a New Year’s Resolution yet, it’s NOT too late. Here are some ideas for late resolutions to start off your year:

1. look up from your phone, you might be surprised at how much the world outside of your screen has to offer
2. take TONS of pictures
3. do something every day that scares you 
4. read more
5. eat healthier
6. exercise daily
7. work hard to improve in your sport/activity
8. write something every day, whether it be a poem, story, or just a random thought
9. smile at the good and accept the bad
10. try new things, meet new people, make new friends
11. if someone offers you a food you’ve never tried, take at least one bite
12. listen to songs you don’t know all of the words to
13. be someone you would like to be friends with
14. surround yourself with people you make you happy
15. set realistic goals for your grades and work to achieve them
16. become less stressed
17. be yourself, stop caring what others think
18. do things that you love to do, but be open to new activities as well
19. laugh more
20. smile :)
21. gossip less
22. become better friends with someone you kind of know
23. talk with people in person, not just texting and snapchatting 
24. write letters (whether you’re going to give/send them or not, this is a great way to get rid of stress and annoying thoughts)
25. keep in touch with faraway friends and family
26. don’t just live for the weekend, that’s wasting 5 days of your life every week
27. realistically ease yourself out of social media. you don’t have to delete yourself completely, but go days, even weeks, at a time barely looking at your Instagram and Facebook accounts.
28. don’t procrastinate
29. talk to your siblings/parents
30. go outside, take walks, climb trees. enjoy nature.
31. savor and enjoy the little things
32. live in the moment
33. keep pictures, poems, drawings, etc. in a box or book. once it’s in, don’t take it out until the end of the year.
34. enjoy giving
35. unexpectedly thank the people that make your life better
36. drink tea
37. eat a balanced diet
38. accept yourself
39. drink more water
40. watch classic old movies
41. extend your circle of friends
42. wear things that make you happy
43. make eye contact
44. put yourself out there, you never know what might happen
45. don’t assume that people don’t like you
46. take good care of the earth
47. save money for the future
48. learn to play an instrument
49. say what you mean
50. don’t judge or discriminate
51. take care of your teeth
52. call a friend that you haven’t seen in awhile
53. learn a new language, or at least start
54. put an end to your obsessive relationship with candy (or other not-so-great-for-you foods)
55. stop wasting your time playing meaningless games
56. start a YouTube channel or a blog
57. become worry free
58. go to live concerts and sporting events
59. introduce yourself first
60. embrace other cultures
61. travel more
62. take a road trip with your friends
63. have relaxing days where you just unwind
64. remember that school is important and you’ll thank yourself later for enduring it
65. stop complaining, remember how lucky you are
66. break a bad habit
67. get organized
68. redo your room to be more YOU
69. wear less makeup
70. learn to cook
71. stop overthinking
72. befriend someone who you know is lonely
73. befriend someone who you have wanted to befriend for awhile
74. be someone that younger kids can (and should) look up to
75. believe in yourself
76. start taking vitamins
77. grow your hair out/cut it short
78. be positive
79. have siblings/family dates
80. dream big and then work towards it
81. volunteer for a non-profit, become invested in the cause
82. learn random interesting facts
83. help out around the house
84. improve in your worst subject
85. be nice on the internet
86. have crazy ideas and share them
87. don’t ask “why,” ask “why not”
88. stop worrying about followers/friends on social media
89. listen to others
90. give people the benefit of the doubt
91. remember that celebrities are people too
92. make a new playlist every week
93. give someone that you don’t like a chance; hating someone affects you, not them 
94. join a club/group that has the same interests as you
95. decorate your room with little (or big) houseplants and succulents to bring it some life 
96. watch less TV
97. learn a new vocabulary word every day/week
98. unplug, don’t stay up late on your phone
99. become less forgetful
100.  don’t make a resolution that you won’t follow through with. set realistic goals for yourself throughout the year based on what you want to accomplish.

Happy 2015!

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