New Year’s resolutions are all well and good—we’ve even made a few ourselves. There’s nothing wrong with setting goals to improve your wellbeing, and the fresh start of January can be a great motivator. But not every aspect of our lives needs optimizing. Eating dinner at midnight, watching trashy reality TV, and blaring music through our headphones during a run—this is the spice of life. Here are all of the vices that we’re hanging onto in 2025.
Not Planning My Adventures More Than Absolutely Necessary
At school and work I’ve always managed to be organized enough to get by, but it’s a constant struggle against my true Type B nature. In real life, I don’t even try to pretend that I’m a planner.
There are undeniable consequences to the seat-of-my-pants approach to life—I don’t make it to some really amazing backpacking spots because I don’t think to enter the permit lottery months in advance, for example. But even if you put aside the headache of making plans, I also just genuinely enjoy making last-minute decisions throughout a loosely planned adventure. I love being able to…
