Around New Year’s Eve people start thinking of ways they can improve as they approach the New Year. Once they decide what their New Year’s resolution is going to be, they think of ways to practice or hold onto them.
The ancient Babylonians are the first known group of people to have made New Year’s resolutions. They made promises to gods to pay their debts and return anything borrowed. The Babylonians thought that if they kept these promises the gods would favor them a successful year. It started out with being a religious practice and is now something that is done by most people. Now people make promises to themselves instead of God. According to the article “The History of New Year’s Resolutions” from History.com about “45% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, although only 8% hold onto them throughout the year.”
Students and staff have set goals to improve their personality or the way they treat others.
Eliza Primous, a 10th grader said, “My New Year’s resolution is to be more thoughtful towards others.”
Freshman, Nataley Rolland wants to learn to be more independent in the upcoming year. Nataley said, “I know I will have to learn and grow stronger independently later in life.”
Secretary, Lisa Watson’s New Year’s Resolutionis to be more proficient with her time management skills. She made this goal because she realized that last year she had no time to do what she wanted or needed to do.
Similar to Lisa Watson, high school history teacher, Jessica Dent is working on her time management to do things that she enjoys. Mrs. Dent is currently working on writing a book, “The book is about a high school student trying to solve a mystery surrounding a student who went missing twenty years earlier after he appears at her school and looks exactly the same as the day he went missing.” Her goal is to write 1,000 words a day until she has a minimum of 80,000 words.
Common resolution’s from students are ways to improve their athleticism or advance into a tournament further than they did in previous years.
Kosta Klimis, a 9th grader, is trying to beat his personal record in cross country in the upcoming season. Kosta is holding onto this resolution by going on the treadmill and riding his bike to build his endurance.
Junior, Drew Modelski’s New Year’s resolution to win the state competition for indoor and outdoor track. Drew is working on this goal by attending scheduled practices and practicing on his own.“It has been a dream of mine to win state since I was a little because a lot of my family members were on the track team,”stated Drew.
Michael Ward, an 8th grader is trying to get better as an athlete in football and basketball. He is training with a family member to keep him consistent and on a schedule.
Other students are making it their goal to have better attendance or getting to school on time. Guiliana Alfano, an 11th grader has been going to bed early so that she has time to get ready and be on time for school without feeling stressed.
Principal, Mrs. Parry is going to work on being more positive and she is putting this into place by thinking of the best thing that can happen. “I realized I need to look at all the good things that are happening around me.”
Coming up with your New Year’s resolutions to improve the next year is easy, the hardest part is pursuing them and making them a part of your routine. Good luck with your New Year’s resolutions this upcoming year.
