Remember how much everyone couldn't wait for 2016 to be over? I saved a cartoon on my phone the day after Christmas last year that summed it up perfectly. The cartoonist compared the year to a party guest who refuses to leave, illustrating it as a big round ball with a face, hands and feet labeled "2016," standing in a room motionless. The party host says to the year/ball: "Whew! Look how late it is! It's 9 p.m. How time flied. We should probably call it a night. Since it's 9 p.m. and all." Silence. Then, "Please get the f$*k out of my house."

After a shocking upset of a presidential election, multiple mass shootings including the worst one we had ever seen at the time, and news of one celebrity death after another, we were all ready for a fresh start.

Sadly, 2017 hasn't been much better. Our news feeds have been filled with alerts about chaos in Washington, racism-fueled incidents and terrorist attacks. Hurricanes caused catastrophic damage in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. We experienced an even bigger mass shooting. Oh and to top it off, there was the Harvey Weinstein scandal, which led more women to come out of the woodworks and accuse more public figures – Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K. and Roy Moore, to name just a few – of repulsive sexual misconduct.