New Year's Eve

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If you're like me, you probably have at least a few major things you're looking forward to in 2017. Maybe it's being done with school. Or maybe it's getting a job. Or perhaps you're ready to finally tackle that project that you've been wanting to do for so long.

Maybe you're not really sure what to expect from 2017. Perhaps you're dreading this coming year and all it will bring.

I encourage you to find something that you're looking forward to. Spice it up. Make life exciting. Make it hopeful. What is life if it is dull and dreary?

Once you have something you want to do or a goal you're aiming towards, go for that goal. Finish school. Try new things. Meet new people. Change your degree. Get a job. Take up sky-diving.

Do something YOU want to do. Go somewhere YOU want to go. If you're in school or in work and you hate what you're studying or doing, then don't do it! If you hate it now, you'll hate it later too.

I was talking to my uncle recently, and he was telling me all about how he majored in the medical field and ended up finding he just couldn't handle seeing sick and dying people. Instead, he ended up in a computer tech company for several years--despite never having studied that! And he loved it.

Don't just live life just to live it. Enjoy it. If one plan or road doesn't work, try another. If something is distracting you, get rid of it. Make the most of life, and make it count.

Because you've only got one shot.