Belated New Year's Resolution

So I am currently attempting to break a 15 year old habit of biting my nails. I've tried this countless times before with no success, but for some reason I have extra hope for this most recent venture. It could be the way I'm actually trying to do it (I'm putting on liberal amounts of clear nail polish so instead of biting them, I just pick off the nail polish; gross, but it's worked so far). It could also have to do with the fact that I'm tired of having chewed up fingers and the inability to get a manicure. All in all, I think it mostly has to do with the reality that I need a better way to take out my stress and boredom. Plus I'm tired of my mom smacking my hand every time it gets near my mouth.

I suppose this whole endeavor is somewhat symbolic, as most resolutions are. They're all about change and challenging yourself to do things you wouldn't normally do, which is exactly what I am trying to do. Okay, so I'm starting small but if you know me, you realize that if I can stop biting my nails, it's kind of epic. So nails first, world peace later.

So as I pick at my finger nails and repaint them about 3 times a day (poor carson, our dorm constantly smells of nail polish), I am climbing hills and attempting the almost unreachable. Luckily, I have hope for the better. Maybe that's the whole reason for a New Year's resolution, to teach you to hope for something that you haven't even wanted to try in the past. I know I am learning quite a bit about self control (I don't know if you guys realize how intense this whole process is) and can finally look down at my hands without being slightly disgusted. Well, here's to the hope that I can change for the best and have the satisfaction of tapping my nails on something, anything.

P.S. I hope you achieve all your resolutions, whatever they may be.