Let’s Talk: Resolutions worth keeping

Columns January 7, 2019

OMG, peeps: I can’t believe it’s already 2019 and we’re back at it again. Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year’s. I’m assuming (as my deadline for this was back in December) that I made it until about 9 pm before falling asleep watching Titanic with my cat. 

As we enter a new year, many of us will have made a resolution of some kind. If you’re anything like me, and you’re reading this in the latter half of the publishing cycle, I’m guessing your resolve is slipping. Be honest. 

Let’s Talk? is a column exploring women’s rights issues; it’s in every issue of Nexus.

The only New Year’s resolution I made that ever stuck was my 2017 vow to lose weight, which was more about my determination to not be obese when Donald Trump was inaugurated and blew up the world than it was about my heart health. Well, here we are, two years later and I’m pleased to report that my resolution stuck and we’re still in one piece—at least physically. 

But this year, with everything that’s been going on, I feel like it might be time to recommit to resolutions, with the hope that they will stick with the same integrity as my 2017 one and not my 2018 one (also known as the great closet purge that simply resulted in bags of clothes in the back of my car that I still need to donate.)

So, here are my five 2019 resolutions:

1) Speak up against injustice when I see it. This doesn’t have to turn into a hero complex. It’s not my job to rescue people, but it is my job to be an ally where and when I can. 

2) Stop lowering my voice when I say I’m a feminist. It’s not a dirty word and should be celebrated. My name is Katy, and I am a FEMINIST!

3) Be open-minded. I don’t have all the answers (just ask my profs), I’m not always right (just ask my boyfriend), and, while I may be opinionated AF, my opinion is simply that: my opinion, no more or less valid than anyone else’s.  

4) Drink less coffee (I don’t care if you are reading this the first day it’s on stands, I can guarantee you that I’ve fallen off the bandwagon on this one).

5) Finally donate those pesky clothes in the back of my car. 

Thank you everyone for an amazing 2018. We’ve had our challenges, but look how far we’ve come! We still have so far to go, but for the moment, let’s celebrate our victories and resolve to continue to fight for a brighter 2019.