Resolved: Resolutions actually work.

So, July 1st will mark the halfway point (approximately) of this year, and this little fact has brought to my attention the issue of my own personal New Year's resolution. For all of you who do not know me, (and for some of you who do) my resolution was two very simple words....

But we'll get to that in a minute.
Coming up with a resolution for the new year (new decade even, if you want to get technical) was nothing short of intimidating, so all specific and confining ideas seem to go out the window. Some of the resolutions that wound up on the cutting room floor?

• Give up fast food. I am a college student with a limited budget and an even more limited time crunch most of the time. Do NOT take away my mickey D's, or I will become unmanageable and hostile.
• Get a 4.0. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... yeah, right.
• Learn to snowboard. Well, technically I still have a chance to do this one, but it's really no good for a 'yearlong' resolution.

So, after trashing most of my ideas and desperately staring into space for hours on end searching for the perfect resolution... Ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration... Anyways, after putting a LOT of thought into it, I came up with a PERFECT resolution. One I could easily stick to for the entirety of the twenty-teens, which I fully intend on. I stumbled upon a resolution that is applicable to not only myself, but to every single person on the face of the Earth. You may be wondering to yourself, "What is this most flawless and universally compatible of resolutions?" It is, as I mentioned before, a very simple two words...

Work. Harder.

These two short words I wrote on sticky notes in my desk, made my banner when I open my phone, and think to myself at least once a day when I feel I am not pushing myself as hard as I can go.
As I said earlier, this short but sweet little statement can be applied to practically every situation in life, and trust me, I have applied it to damn near everything. Whether it be pushing myself to do ten extra minutes on the bike, or write that extra credit paper for Art History, or take that double shift at work because it's extra cash in my pocket, this resolution has probably been the most potent of any resolution I've made on New Year's past.

So my challenge to you is to take these two tiny words and make them your New Year's Resolution. Or New Month's, or even New Week's. Auld Lang Syne does not need to be your Rocky theme song to get motivated. Then get at me. Tell me how it's going for ya. I'd love to hear how you work harder at what you want in life.