Bible Backs

          I've always found New Year's Day to be ironic: hopes for a productive and prosperous new year are intended to begin just hours after binge drinking, partying, and travel. While I do not partake in these activities, the act of staying awake to watch the 12:00 time change leaves me feeling just as sluggish and groggy the following morning. For an 18-year-old college student, this may sound ironic as well, but I assure you that I could identify myself more closely to the habits of an 80-year-old. Masked by the New Year's Day headache remains a nagging desire to implement change, however. It seems unavoidable by human nature. The clocks, calendars, and laws have changed, so shouldn't our personal routine follow? I find new year's resolutions to be consubstantial with fundamental American values, however, in the essence that our resolutions are impulsive. It is an infamously known fact that gyms experience peak membership during the months of January-March,...