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You’re supposed to be everything your mental illness has ripped from you all other days of the year. 

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Leo: You’re too busy taking your 102nd selfie right at midnight because you thought a pic with confetti would get a ton of likes on Instagram.

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2017 is the year to prove to the world that you have every reason to be in it — that you are allowed to take up space. It is the year you finally accept that you are the only person who defines your value in life, that you are the only person who defines your worth.

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This year, I’m challenging us to realize that the majority of our resolutions don’t need 365 days of work. Most of them just need one day – one hour, even just one blazing moment – of courage.

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I firmly believe that life should be active and deliberate, not passive and reactive.

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Must we do this awkward midnight kiss thing every year?

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If you haven’t already learned from every previous New Years’ of your life that resolutions do not work, then maybe you would also like to lend some money to this Nigerian prince I know who will totally pay you back three fold.

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It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times, it’s NYE! Save yourself some trauma and read my handy-dandy list of lessons to have a fun, emotionally safe night! Tonight does not have to be THE BEST NIGHT.

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There seems to be no other holiday that induces anxiety the way that New Year’s Eve does. Forget the stresses of your Hallmark holidays–New Year’s Eve will have you sweating giant pit stains for weeks before the event.

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Now is the time to go to that hallowed hall of all things “This Drink Cost More Than My Dress,” Forever 21.