I’ve had it.

I’m done setting goals I can’t achieve. They say to set your goals high, because setting low goals will cause you to underperform. Well I say I’m tired of the pressure, stress, and guaranteed disappointment. Perhaps, there is a time and place for noble goals and great accomplishment, but I say that time is most certainly not the New Year.

Don’t we hear the same facts every year? When January rolls around, everyone starts pulling out the majorly depressing stats about Americans and resolutions.

Fact #1: Over 50% of Americans make New Years resolutions. Fact #2: Only 6% of Americans follow through on their resolutions. Fact #3: Americans are the worst at accomplishing goals. Fact #4: America sure is going down the tubes.

Some people worry about financial debt, but when I look at these stats, I feel like I’m drowning in goal debt. Like somehow I still owe my 2016 self who set a goal to exercise every day. But oops, I already set 5 other goals this year that need to be accomplished. And last year I didn’t read 50 books like I said I would so I’m already 25 books behind for this year.

I am. Drowning. In. Goal. Debt. This is a cry for help.

This year I’m trying something new. My first resolution of the year is to keep it easy. In fact, I am keeping it too easy.

My second resolution is to spell out “though” when I text, instead of spelling “tho.” And following that up, I’m also going to say “slay” less. I’m not removing it from my vocabulary. Just saying it less than last year.

This year, I’m going to wash my sheets more often and forget my keys less. I’m going to get more toothpaste when it’s almost empty instead of rolling the tube up smaller and smaller and making it stretch for a week. I’m going to pay my taxes. I said pay, not do. And when I buy coffee, I’m going to drink all of it, instead of leaving two sips at the bottom and throwing it away.

I’m going to keep sourdough starter alive. If any sourdough is produced or not will depend on how I’m feeling on a day by day basis. I’m not going to run my phone to 1%, I’m going to be ok with bad hair days, and I’m going to, at least partly, overcome my fear of missing out.

If you, like many others (44% of America), are reaching the end of January and realizing you’ve already failed to meet your unachievable New Years resolutions, stop. Get some help.

Start February with a blank slate and your own list of Too Easy Resolutions.

You don’t need to reinvent yourself this year. Just work on slightly improving.

Out with overachieving, in with micro achieving.

Happy New Year!