As we enter the new year, we often hear the phrase, “new year, new me” that many people see as a goal list and a way to achieve everything they want. But for many this phrase only ends up bringing unrealistic expectations and unfinished resolutions as some set the bar too high and feel incomplete when they don’t finish.

I believe there are many problems with this saying because when the new year comes you’re not a different person. You can set goals and want to change but everyone gets the idea that you need to reset your life and everything you’ve done to become a “new and better” person. People make lists of things they’d like to change once the new year kicks in but I don’t like this because as the article, ‘New Year New Me’ is not a healthy resolution – BVNWnews this just makes people create a list of things to hate about themselves and continue to hate ourselves even more the next new year when we haven’t completed all of these goals. “Having all of these goals in our heads can make us feel hopeful at the moment, but when we look back and reflect on our year the following December, it is easy to fall into a spiral of self-hatred.” 

Although this phrase was made to start a new transformation and fresh start most of the time it brings the feeling of frustration and disappointment mostly in yourself. We can reach self-improvement better without a time limit and set realistic achievable goals for ourselves. As we move forward in the year we should focus on continuous improvement instead of a complete overload.