Screw the gym, I am in decent shape anyway... Be kind?...how cliché... In fact when you think about it most of them are dumb retreads due to be abandoned and forgotten as easily as they words that whispered them to life.

Maybe it was that dumb Jim Carrey movie I watched over break. Maybe a desire to break through this crippling anxiety that has always held me back from trying things and giving me serious cases of FOMO. While there are many potential reasons the one truth of it was that I had made up my mind...

I was going to be a "yes girl" for one day for my new years resolution.

Simple right? I would take a day and whatever was asked of me I would say yes to, no matter how big or small. Visions danced in my head of giving that homeless guy 5 bucks with a smile and of the hobbies I would try, imagining how cute I would look and how freeing it would feel.

Yes there was one small problem- I am a perfectionist, competitive, and stubborn to a fault as I hate the feeling of failing above anything else. This meant that once my yes day started I was going to go through with anything and part of me knew that. I picked a quiet day, middle of the week, middle of winter. Less chance of running into someone or some situation that was less than ideal that way, besides I told myself that even if I got a weird ask, I could do it quickly then move on - no harm, no foul.

That is where I find myself today, having watched the days count down to the red circle on my calendar. I swing my small frame out of bed, get ready a little more enthusiastically than usual and step out into the world with a smile as I think of what is to come...