As the new semester quickly approaches, students and people all over the world are working on their new year’s resolutions.
According to Forbes, new resolutions are a difficult thing to stick to. Less than 25 percent of people are able to stay committed to their resolution after 30 days, and only 8 percent of people actually accomplish their resolutions.
With admittedly bleak odds, these resolves can be a disheartening endeavor. However, it’s not impossible to accomplish. Students and community members at Colorado Mesa University (CMU) have made their resolutions, and some are determined to stick to theirs.
“My new year’s resolution is to hit the gym and stop eating a lot of fast food,” said CMU student Abraham Peña.
According to a 2018 Insider poll, over 35 percent of Americans polled responded with an exercise-based resolution, and another 43 percent polled had a resolution based around healthier eating.
Some students at CMU don’t just have a resolution, but they have a plan as to how they’re going to achieve it.
“My main resolution is academic for next semester to try to get a 4.0 GPA, so that goes along with studying more and doing more homework and maybe the basic ones get into a healthier mindset and a healthier lifestyle,” said CMU student Itzel Santana.
“I mean, a high number of people stop their resolutions by February, so hopefully I don’t fall into that trap, but if they work they work, and if they don’t they don’t,” Santana said.
“My new year’s resolution is every year to just grow and be a better person and work out more, be more creative, and love people more,” said Brooke Martin, another CMU student.
And Martin isn’t alone with a resolution around growing as a person.
“[My New Year’s Resolution is] to love myself before other people do. . . I’m just not going to be so hard on myself,” said CMU student Alyssa Winter.
“[My resolution is] to travel more intercontinental stuff, I’d like to go to Europe and Asia,” Sergeant Cory Tomps of the Grand Junction Police Department said.
With the semester right around the corner, it can be difficult to keep resolutions and promises as school work cascades into the picture. Rather than be the 92% of people who don’t keep their resolution, be the 8% that does.
