Do Students Follow Their New Year’s Resolutions?

Bella Reniff staff writer

For some, New Year’s resolutions and the holidays are the best time of the year, but for others it can be hard. Junior Molly Dahlager said, “ I don’t have any New Year’s resolutions; I think that if you want to do something you shouldn’t wait ‘till New Year’s to start it.” Dahlager said she doesn’t think you can have too many resolutions, but if you plan to have a lot it can be overwhelming and end in failure. Deciding between Christmas and New Year’s can be hard, but Dahlager said, “I like both Christmas and New Year’s for different reasons. I think spending time with family and friends is super fun at Christmas, and for New Year’s it can be a lot of fun to be with your friends and spend time with them!” Dahlager also mentioned she won’t make her kids have New Year’s resolutions, but if they want to have one then that is great.

Sophomore Ava Pineda agrees with Dahlager. Christmas brings her a lot of joy and is one of her favorite holidays. Pineda said that her most enjoyable time at Christmas time is setting up the tree and being with family. Pineda said, “ My New Year’s Resolution is to talk to more people in 2023 and just live life without caring what others think about me. In my past, I have not followed my resolutions for more than at least a month so I am not sure how long this one will last, but I have been doing pretty good; I think that it is a reasonable one for me also.”

Dahlager and Pineda have the same option on their kids having

New Year’s Resolutions. Pineda said, “I am not going to make my kids have resolutions, but I will love it if they do and will definitely talk to them about it.” Christmas has always been more fun than New Year’s for Pineda because she gets a more exciting feeling.

Junior Cooper Benson said that his New Year’s Resolution is to get better at his favorite sport, golf, and play a lot more this year: “I think that my resolution will last all year because I enjoy golf, and it doesn’t seem like a chore to me. I have never been good at following them after I make them, but it was because they’ve always been surrounding things I didn’t enjoy but this is different so I will stick to it.” Benson said that he thinks Christmas is more important than New Year’s because spending time with family is really important, but New Year’s is more of a friends’ holiday and party time.

graphic by Sofia El-Shammaa New