New Year's Resolutions, A Good thing Or Pointless?
Written by Tyler Elliott, Former Student on Monday, January 11, 2016
With the New Year just beginning, many people are making their annual New Year’s resolutions. Its always been a tradition that at the start of the new year, people come up with a resolution to accomplish in the year ahead. While some are as simple as wanting to pick up your dog's poop everyday so that your grumpy old neighbor doesn’t get mad, or not going to fart so much in front of your girlfriend because it always makes her mad, some are more in depth and meaningful.
A New Year's resolution can be as simple or as complex and thoughtful as you want it to be. A more meaningful resolution would be something like wanting to spend more time with family and friends who you don't get to see very often, or maybe wanting to get your house or car fixed up so that nothing is wrong.
"[I want to become a] more empathetic listener," said junior Jacob Bodin.
While all of these resolutions are reasonable, you shouldn’t need the starting of a new year to make a change in your life.
“I feel like if you have a thing about yourself that you would like or need to change, then you shouldn’t have to wait until the new year to justify that change,” said Bodin.
Changes can, and should, be made year-round when wanted or needed. If it is something you truly want to change or improve about yourself, just do it. If you want to eat, you eat, sometimes even splurging on your diet and eating a king-size Hershey’s bar, or several diabetes-on-a-bun McDonald's Big Macs. If you want to watch TV, you watch some TV. It’s that simple. That should be enough justification to change.
Many people who make a resolution seem serious about it, but don't end up following through with it. The start of a New Year helps many people justify a New Year’s resolution, but it shouldn’t. It doesn’t matter what day it is or what time of year it is. If there is change to be made, make it.
