New Year’s Resolutions

By Erin Berry
Staff Writer

Five, four, three, two…one. Happy New Year! As the year of 2004 quickly goes into effect, the ever popular thought of new year’s resolutions comes up and just about everyone has something they would like to do differently in the new year. From losing weight to being more active in a club, students on Pembroke’s campus are no strangers to the thoughts of having a new year’s resolution.

Throughout campus, everyone is busy going to class and studying. I got the chance to catch up with a few students as they moved across campus. Sophomore business major Jimmy Harrington said that his resolution was to do better in school, while Freshman Kelly Baggett wanted to stop smoking. Unfortunately, Harrington did not have any plans to study for any of his courses, while Baggett said: “I just can’t stop smoking.”

This was no shock that people were already ditching their resolutions and continuing to go back to their old habits, because in the midst of it all, everyone has at least one habit that should be broken for the well-being of the person. But this does not make the goal of trying to break those habits any easier.

Junior biology major Terence Williams said: “My new year’s resolution is to be a good man because I’ve been a bad man in the past.” Williams mentioned that his game plan to keep this resolution alive is to “live righteous and be the best person that I can be.” Williams also said that he knows that it’s not going to be an easy task, but it is an attainable goal.

Usually new year’s resolutions are only short lived, because the person making the resolution has not put much thought into the actions and thoughts that need to be taken to achieve this goal. Here are a few tips for following through with your resolutions:

1. Make short-term goal lists as well as long-term goal lists.
2. Don’t over commit yourself (Only you know your personal limits).
3. Resolve to do something every month instead of every year.
4. Think your resolutions over carefully.
5. Have fun.