And, unfortunately, anyone taking on a New Year’s resolution is indeed an underdog. “New year, new me” has become a phrase synonymous with the negative stigma surrounding resolutioners, but all you have to do to prove the nonbelievers wrong is follow through with your goals. You can be a fitness fanatic with a 4.0 GPA and still be inconsiderate, unambitious, or immoral. While goals 1-10 build healthier habits and skills, goals 11-15 seek to improve upon my values and actions. These are the goals, however, that truly push us to become better people. They are also typically much harder to achieve and measure as well, due to their abstract nature. Intrinsic goals are often very personal and can be harder to share. Involving friends is another great way to keep yourself accountable, especially if you have built up enough rapport that they can encourage you to follow through on your fitness goals when your bed starts to seem more appealing than the treadmill. The visual elements of the poster and whiteboard both offer tangible reminders of my goals and renew my motivation to adhere to them. We pick two days each week to go together and write them out on a whiteboard in our room. My roommate, biomedical sciences freshman Lacy Lichtenhan, has been a wonderful influence when it comes to working out. Nights when I have finished an appropriate amount of homework, I will see the poster and switch mindsets, taking a brief moment to journal or sketch before bed. My artistic goals involve things I already enjoy doing, but seldom make time for in a busy schedule. Already need two for February to make up for January….Ī decorative list hangs above my desk to remind myself of each goal as I go about my day-to-day activities. The Internet will not run out of black booties in an hour, anyway. (I know, how can I live in Fort Collins and not know?) Note, still work on interrupting others less. Speak with more confidence in public settings.This can be as small a goal as moving from six to seven hours each night. Remain ambitious and take on new projects.Fill every page in my mostly empty sketchbook.Learn at least four applications of the Adobe Creative Suite.Even if it’s really bad, stick to one topic for a lot of pages. Write in my daily journal more, maybe even strive for every day.I take the idea of resolutions a little farther than most – this year I have compiled a list of 15 resolutions: Artistic: Why pass up the perfect opportunity to improve upon yourself? Not to say self-reflection and improvement cannot occur at any time of the year, but the new year has become culturally symbolic of change. Resolutioner (n): Someone who wholeheartedly embraces their New Year’s resolutions, especially known for their activity in the months of January and February. Example: “I wish these resolutioners would leave the gym.” “Don’t worry, they’ll be gone in a month.”Īs someone proud to call herself a resolutioner, the culture of disapproval surrounding New Year’s resolutions disappoints me.Įach year, we are given an opportunity to reflect upon ourselves.
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