As someone who believes in de-glorifying the whole “new year, new me” and resolutions mantra (I mean, a new year happens every year — what’s the big deal?), I feel like New Year’s resolutions often add unnecessary pressure to my already pressurized life. Instead of enjoying a fresh start, I end up feeling weighed down by expectations. Still, to be very late to the party but still in the new year’s spirit, I decided to take a BuzzFeed quiz to create something akin to resolutions as well as inspiration about what I might be looking forward to achieving this new year.
The questions asked seem to range from completely unrelated things, like: “Which of these chores is your least favorite?” or “To which of these Enneagram descriptions fits you the best?”
After carefully deliberating over all the answers, what was my result?
“Unsubscribe from those mailing lists you didn’t mean to sign up for. You know what they say: a decluttered email inbox leads to a happy life!” And to be honest, that’s pretty valid. To prove my point, my current number of unread emails is 10,728 and growing by the day. I’ve been attributing most of it to promotional emails from colleges that I’ve been too lazy to unsubscribe to because what if I want to apply to Seton Hall University just in case? You never know, right? And maybe, getting all these promotional emails makes me feel not completely hopeless about college.
But because of all these overflowing emails, I also barely check my inbox because I assume all my emails are just spam, and that is dangerous territory to be trudging in considering Early Application decisions are all coming out around this time. So you know what, BuzzFeed, you really got me there.
Next, I read this People’s magazine article with a much enticing headline: Your Ultimate Aries 2025 Horoscope, as Predicted by a Celebrity Astrologer. According to celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas, he predicts “the first half of the year is expected to be ‘extremely social,’ and as for the second half of the year, Thomas predicts a ‘great emphasis’ on family will be felt.” He also states “More weight and responsibility will likely be laid on your shoulders.”
To be honest, I think he probably just got lucky, considering I am a senior about to go to college and most definitely will be facing lots of new “weights and responsibilities” in all forms, making new friends at college, “extremely social,” and missing my family, “great emphasis on family.”
The question is: Do I believe in all of this astrological wisdom? Not really, although, a little section in the bottom titled “Important Dates and Good Luck for Aries in 2025” kind of tripped me out, as it listed my lucky months as March (my birth month) and October (I love Halloween) and my lucky numbers as 9 and 6.
I have no particular attachment to 6, but 9 has been my favorite number ever since elementary school. Coincidence? Perhaps. Although they did miss their prediction with my lucky day and lucky color being Tuesday and red, respectively. Although I still don’t really believe in New Year’s resolutions, the quizzes were fun and somewhat insightful, and who knows, maybe next year, I’ll give an actual resolution or two a try, but that’s a problem for next January.
