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2017 New Year's Resolutions (Most of Which We've Probably Already Broken)

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JESSICA STEIN

I resolve to continue my commitment to not drinking green juice or weighing myself. Ever.

I resolve to make an angry face at any man who grins at me on the street like we know each other when we don't know each other.

I resolve to unfollow Donald Trump on Twitter.

I'm not going to ghost anyone ever again.

The next time a well-meaning libertarian in his twenties tries to tell me about his personal philosophy of feminism over drinks, I resolve not to hear him out.

I resolve to continue not buying Ivanka Trump's godawful shoe line, because they are ugly and v uncomfy-looking.

I'm going to eat fewer chips.

I resolve to actively listen to those around me, unless they are saying something racist, xenophobic, homophobic, or sexist. Then I resolve to actively tell them to cram it.

This year I resolve to be the coolest guy at the roller rink.

I resolve to stop holding my Tinder dates to ridiculously high standards. (For example, launching into spontaneous dance like Emma Stone in La La Land.)

This year I resolve to stop giving people who vape a thumbs down. I'll give them a waggling side-thumb instead.

I resolve to make my hands less clammy, somehow.

I will join a credit union.

I resolve to learn how to french braid.

I resolve to purge the things I don't need.

I resolve to save $7 a month by switching to Spotify Family, and going halvsies on Netflix.

No more dating apps.

I resolve to pay others to do my dirty work.

The next time someone suggests that all of my health/emotional woes can be fixed with coconut oil, tea tree oil, apple cider vinegar, cutting out gluten, or the right crystal, I will say, "Huh. Hadn't thought of that. I'll definitely look into it," and then just never look into it.

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