"New Year, New Me" is the kind of meme that'll ruin your year only three days in.
Humans have an obsession with the calendar year. We give ourselves a certain amount of time to get something done and set up deadlines for ourselves. "I want to lose 20 pounds in 6 weeks, but I'll start fresh on Monday and countdown from there." Sound familiar? Because it sure as heck does to me.
I give myself the same clean eating pep talk about a million times and never follow through because in a moment of weakness, I will always reach for the free candy lying around a friend's house or succumb to the delicious banana nut bread my MIL just baked.
The truth is, though, that there's nothing really stopping you from starting to build the life you want right now. I'm not trying to get all self-help-y right now, but it's true. Why do you need to start on a certain day to improve yourself? Why do we have "New Year's Resolutions"? Most of the time we're setting ourselves up for inevitable failure anyway. Which is probably why these "New Year, New Me" memes hit so close to home.
Wow I really stole a crock pot of buffalo chicken dip from my neighbors apartment at 4am. New year new me
— Marcus (@MRobinson17) January 1, 2018Let's be perfectly honest, none of us are "renewed" each and every year.
New year new me!
Update: new me still gets hangovers.
— Emily Bett Rickards (@EmilyBett) January 1, 2018We've got the same imperfections.
“new year, new me” i say as i oversleep and miss my only lesson on the first day back
— lil pip (@howardmoon) January 2, 2018The same laziness.
new year new me she mutters as she eats frosting out the container with her bare hands while rewatching the same netflix series for the third time
— Abigail Gillin (@AbigailGillin) January 1, 2018The same poor habits.
“New year new me” I say, as I slide out of bed 30 minutes past my alarm
— Lindsey (@wreckoslovakia) January 2, 2018The same things plague us.
New Year, New Me! (Reaches for a chicken nugget under her car seat and eats it)
— Katie O'Brien (@katiecobrien) January 1, 2018We can't escape who we are.
Wish I could say “new year, new me” but I just ate an entire bag of cool ranch Doritos hungover on the couch. So nothing new here.
— Emily Chute (@emchute) January 1, 2018But a curious thing happens once you finally confront that uncomfortable fact of life.
A lot has changed for me already this year. For instance, last night I had keys and today I do not🤦🏼♂️ #NewYearNewMe
— Aaron Carter (@Aaron_Carterr) January 1, 2018I found a piece of chicken in my wallet this morning. New year new me.
— Tiera Czyscon (@TieraC35) January 1, 2018All of your terrible flaws are laid out on the table.
“New year, new me” pic.twitter.com/mfl32g0gJQ
— 8Gaming (@8gaming) January 2, 2018So you have no choice but to react to them.
New year, new me. Just kidding. Something this awesome doesn't need to change.
— Jandalize (@Jandalize) January 2, 2018Because there's no greater jet fuel to propel you forward to an actual change.
New Year, New Me. pic.twitter.com/GUV7cyqwVN
— Allan (@allan_cheapshot) January 2, 2018Than the truth of who you really are.
New Year. Same Me. WOOOOO! pic.twitter.com/hYBVSRnZgY
— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) January 2, 2018So if you really want to transition out of who you currently are....
new year same me 🍷 pic.twitter.com/yXd3mMS8W5
— Timmy Trumpet 🎺 (@timmytrumpet) January 2, 2018Realize that there's no way you can be a "new you" this year. You can only try and become the best version of yourself. So take all of those bad habits and transition them into something worth it.
Happy New Year.
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