Which New Year's Resolution Will You Break This 16W?
Which New Year's Resolution Will You Break This 16W?
Studies have shown that 88% of people who set New Year's resolutions fail to follow through on them (Thanks, Wikipedia!) Come late March, many of us lose motivation (or simply forget) about our resolutions. Sometimes it’s because we make too many resolutions, and sometimes it’s because we set goals that are far too unrealistic. In the spirit of practicality (and as my promise to "never lose another pong game" flies out the window), I think it’s time we all admit that our resolutions are doomed to fail.
Studies have shown that 88% of people who set New Year's resolutions fail to follow through on them (Thanks, Wikipedia!) Come late March, many of us lose motivation (or simply forget) about our resolutions. Sometimes it’s because we make too many resolutions, and sometimes it’s because we set goals that are far too unrealistic. In the spirit of practicality (and as my promise to "never lose another pong game" flies out the window), I think it’s time we all admit that our resolutions are doomed to fail.
Where are you on an average Friday night?
What is your favorite place on campus?
How often do you win at Pong?
What are your study habits like?
What's your go-to meal on campus?
Which Harry Potter character do you relate to most?
Improve GPA
Improve GPA
It’s wintertime and Hanover is experiencing sub-zero temperatures. What better place to keep warm than the library, am I right? WRONG. As the temps drop, it becomes harder and harder to make it to class, but somehow easier and easier to make it to frat row. So if you’re busy beating the winter blues with late-night Pong, be prepared to miss your 9L (or worse, your 7:45 AM drill) tomorrow morning!
Get In Shape
Get In Shape
You are on a roll right now: You’ve gone to the gym every day this week and you've chosen Collis salads over Hop cheeseburgers every single time. But soon you'll be chomping at the bit to get your hands on a Foco cookie. Come your first midterm, that EBAs buffalo chicken pizza will be singing your name at 2 AM. You won’t think twice about choosing to stay in bed over trekking across campus to the gym. Trust us, in two weeks’ time, you'll have settled back into your NARP life habits and thrown that New Year’s resolution right out the window!
Don't Get Good Sammed
Don't Get Good Sammed
Last term, you probably spent more time with Safety and Security officers than you did with your own friends. Who can blame you? You like to drink, you LOVE to play Pong and the bed at Dick’s House is cushier than your bunk in the Choates. We spy a Good Sam in your future, and excluding the liver damage and public humiliation, it sounds like a win-win!
Keep DBA Above $0
Keep DBA Above $0
This resolution seems easy enough to keep…until Week 7. By the time Midterm #3 rolls around, you'll realize that most of your DBA for the term has already been spent. Deny it all you want, but no one hacked into your account and no one stole your money! Remember all the morning coffees at KAF? The something-to-get-you-by snacks at Novack? Oh, and the Late Night mozz sticks you gorged on every weekend? You’ve made your bed, and now it’s time to take your negative DBA and lay in it.