2025: New Year, New Me

by: Julia Nieves '28

This year, my New Year’s resolutions are: getting adequate sleep, adopting a better work ethic to improve my grades, and strengthening my volleyball skills.

I decided to make getting adequate sleep as one of my 2025 New Year’s resolutions because my lack of sleep has been impacting my overall well-being. I hope that sleeping eight hours a night will bring me more energy, more focus in school, and improve my physical and mental health. I plan to achieve this resolution by creating a sleep routine and sticking to it. I plan to set a bedtime for 10:30 p.m. each night in order to wake up feeling well-rested in the morning and with enough time to prepare for my day. I will limit my screen time in bed at night, stop taking naps, and also relax with music or meditation before bed to reduce stress.

Another area of my life that I will improve is my approach to my school work. I set a resolution to take steps to improve my grades in order to do well in school and increase my opportunities for college. I believe the steps to accomplish this goal are to pay more attention in school and take detailed notes, use my agenda to write key dates and assignments, start my assignments early to limit procrastination and stress over deadlines, and be prepared for class each day. These changes are doable and will definitely help to improve my work ethic and my overall grades.

Finally, I set a resolution to improve my volleyball skills this year. I set this resolution because volleyball is important to me. I would like to succeed in my sport. Doing well at volleyball will help to limit my stress, is great exercise, and will be good for my college prospects. I intend to go to conditioning and team events, stretch more before and after practices, eat healthier before games, and make volleyball a priority by focusing and limiting outside distractions.