New Year’s Resolutions are goals people chose to do to improve themself with the start of each new calendar year. To either better themselves or stop bad habits, for example, some individuals may start working out, eating healthier, keeping themself more busy, or trying to do better in school. Some people have never made any new resolutions and for others, creating some sort of goal is almost like tradition.
Several students and teachers were asked about their New Year’s Resolutions. These are their responses.
Samuel Sanchez, (12)
One of Sam’s struggles is doing his work last minute because he procrastinates. So, his New Year’s resolution for this year is to do better by trying to do his work before the due date and not waiting for the very last minute. “I really hope I can do this. Even though it may be difficult after doing it for so long.” So this year he is willing to try to do better and do his work ahead of time in order to be more responsible, especially as he is graduating and moving into a new world of responsibilities.
Mia Llanez, (12)
One of Mia’s resolutions is to give up sugar. Mia said, “My New Year’s resolution is to stop eating fast foods and to eat healthier.” She added, “I don’t think it will be difficult but after time I will get used to it.” Mia is hoping that over time, this will become a habit she can manage for years to come.
Lily Horton, (12)
Lily would like to read more than ten books in a year. She loves reading and has no time to read with her school, work, and church activities. During winter break she realized she would like to read more this year. She thought it would be clever to try to read more than ten books this year. Lily hopes to achieve this resolution by setting up times to read and sticking to it. She knows this will be difficult with all of her responsibilities, but as a goal, she hopes she can work on it and improve her time spent reading.
Miss Gonzalez, Career Counselor
Miss Gonzalez’s New year’s resolution is to not really change anything. She would like to not change anything and wish for the best. She liked how everything went during 2023. She hopes 2024 will treat her the same. She liked how everything had planned out and thought it was a pretty good year. She would like to keep her year the same.
Mrs. Punt, Assistant principal
Mrs. Punt does not make New Year’s resolutions anymore. She said, “Before, when I would make resolutions, I would never keep up with them. After the first two or three weeks, I would forget and would not follow through.” For example, Mrs. Punt would try to not eat each chocolate anymore, but then she would forget and would not follow through anymore during the year. This was the same situation when it came to working out. Many people have high hopes to hold true to resolutions and goals for the new year, but as it happens too many times, people cannot stay true to them and end up giving up early in the year.
Mrs. Seaborn, Math teacher
Mrs. Seaborn said, “I gave up sugary coffee drinks. I used to only have a Starbucks or Dutch Bros once a week as a treat and I loved the extra caffeine boost it would give me. Then I started drinking them three to four times a week, and I noticed I didn’t get the caffeine boost anymore, and then I went from a small to a medium. I realized I was becoming addicted to caffeine. So for New Year’s, I gave up sugary coffee. I will still drink a cup of green tea everyday at home. At the beginning of the year, I thought it would help me to not get the headaches that can happen from caffeine withdrawal. But I still got headaches on days two and three. This could have also been from not having the sugar. The green tea has less caffeine, and I don’t get withdrawal headaches. I’m also saving money by not purchasing drinks from Starbucks and Dutch Bros.”
Resolutions are not for everyone, but no matter what, every individual should make an effort to be a better version of themselves each year. So it is still early enough in the year, what is your personal goal?
