There's a lady in Seattle who goes by the name Beautiful Existence and — OK, I know you're already thinking, "Alex, stop, please, it's early in the morning on January 2nd and it's my first day back in the office, I'm not ready for this bullshit" but I just can't stop because 1) Miley and 2) there's a story to be told. Buckle up, and maybe treat yourself to a coffee just to perk up/get into the spirit of things.

Beautiful Existence, who just by the way coined that name while sitting on her "special mountain" in Colorado, takes the concept of New Year's resolutions very seriously. Amazingly so, in fact. For the whole of 2013, Beautiful ate and drank only Starbucks products — as well as those from the company's other brands, Tazo and Evolution Fresh. She ate Starbucks for her birthday, on Thanksgiving and even for Passover. (She also dressed up as the Starbucks mermaid on Halloween.) Her consumption each month focused on a particular caffeine theme, these ranging from weight loss to food budgeting. You have to admire her dedication.

Beautiful says her monthly Starbucks expenses averaged $600, and was not paid by the company for all the (bizarre) publicity that's ensued. If you're asking "hmm, but why would do you this?," don't worry, Beautiful has a handy explainer. Via for1yearofmylife.com, her website, where she of course blogged the whole experience:

"WHY? am I doing this challenge? Or WHY? will I do any challenge in the future? Because I LOVE being human and I LOVE the privilege of being able to ask the question WHY? in the first place! I love the question WHY? because sometimes I find that the answer leaves me with even more questions about life…"

And that's fitting, because she's also got "over 20 years worth of personal challenges" mapped out — each of which champion a different business or cause borne out of Washington state and the greater Pacific Northwest. In previous years, Beautiful has shopped only at Goodwill (2011) and utilized all the tips provided by Parents magazine (2012). This year she's learning "every recreational sport" there is to learn and to be honest that's probably a good way of balancing out twelve months' worth of grande mochas and Danishes so good job, Beautiful.

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Alex Rees Deputy Editor of News I’m the news director here at Cosmopolitan.com, and I could really use a cup of tea right now.

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