5. Hitting the gym: When I try to find some peace at the Rec Center it sucks to find a bunch of people taking up the machines who don’t know what they are doing. I agree, being in shape is a great goal — just don’t try and get into the weight room with your Birkenstocks and stringer and then get mad at the staff when you’re not allowed in.
4. Cooking: We all love when our neighbor tries to ‘spice things up in the kitchen’ and then triggers the fire alarm, forcing the whole building to evacuate into the cold until trained professionals remove burned mac ‘n’ cheese from the smoking building. In 2021, we are sticking to ramen in our worn-out sweats.
3. Embroidery: The last thing we need during a global pandemic is unnecessary trips to the ER from a sewing needle accident. While these creations are cute and very satisfying, trust me, the painstaking hours of straining your eyes and pricking your fingers are NOT worth it.
2. Reading: Growing your brain is an amazing thing. I mean, that’s why I’m in college — not because I just absolutely love the thought of crippling debt in my 20s. However, while aiming to pick up a new book every week is a cute idea, we don’t have time for that. We are in a global pandemic, and you have a trigonometry exam to study for. Take that time and relax. Netflix probably has that book in movie form anyway.
1. Any sort of New Year’s resolutions: Just because we made yet another revolution around the sun doesn’t mean we all have to change everything about ourselves. We need to realize we have gone through a lot. That “quarantine weight” you put on is the stress of living through a deadly pandemic, not some flab to nix in your resolution. However, I understand the pressure to have a New Year’s resolution, and if you absolutely need one, try this: be kind to yourself. Take a nap, take a breath and relax. Just because 2020 is over doesn’t mean you need to force yourself into a new lifestyle that — let’s be honest — will only last a month tops.
Just because we made yet another revolution around the sun doesn’t mean we all have to change everything about ourselves. We need to realize, we have gone through a lot. That “quarantine weight” you put on is the stress of living through a deadly pandemic, not some flab to nix in your resolution. I do understand the pressure to have a New Year’s resolution, and if you absolutely need one, try this: be kind to yourself. Take a nap, take a breath and relax. Just because 2020 is over doesn’t mean you need to force yourself into a new lifestyle that — let’s be honest — will only last a month tops.