As I was searching through my bag for a pencil, I found a broken necklace of my mom’s. Of course I still haven’t told her that I broke it during Driver’s Ed. I’m just… waiting for the right time to tell her. Well, technically, forgetting about it.

     Digging through more of my junk that I randomly throw into my bag, I found a Starbucks gift card from last year. Still haven’t used it yet. I know, shame on me. I’ll use it eventually.

     I realized long ago that I’m forgetful. How long ago, I’m not sure. It’s just a bad habit of mine that I can’t seem to break. But I keep on forgetting to remember to stop forgetting. Kind of ironic, right?

     Of course people have different kinds of bad habits. I had a friend who couldn’t stop biting her nails. I knew another person who couldn’t stop cracking his knuckles. Another who just couldn’t stop humming songs when I was trying to write notes. They all tried breaking their habits but just couldn’t.
      Everyone has bad habits. Don’t deny it, you know you do. So we’re not alone. We’ve all repeatedly tried to stop forgetting, biting, cracking, and humming. We wish we could stop it. I know I want to. It’s just too hard because it’s something you’ve done for a long time.
      But I’m going to make a resolution. Even if it’s not New Year. I’ll call it… Middle Of The Year Resolution. To stop forgetting. I’ll keep trying. And trying. And trying.

      But that’s what everyone should do. To keep on trying at whatever they are trying to do. But at a risk at sounding like some bad self-advice book, I’ll end it at there.

By ANJELICA CARPIO-NOVOA