It’s 2026 now, with many exciting things to look forward to. The 2026 World Cup is this summer, and we can’t forget about the Superbowl. It’s also the year seniors(including myself) move on to our post graduate life. This is the time of restarting and setting new priorities to become better this year. This is especially important for us in high school, as we prepare for college and think about how to plan our future. Getting into the habit of the right goal setting and planning is crucial for managing bigger adult responsibilities. In order to make this year your best ever, let’s talk about how to make your resolutions work.
When the New Year comes around many people make new year’s resolutions. It’s a tradition now, but the problem is that most aren’t fulfilled. Freddy Hanao says this new year reset is “adding a little something in your daily life …something that’s positive that you can do everyday.” However, most resolutions are not done everyday, or are neglected pretty soon. Without the proper planning and set up of the resolutions, people may find them too hard to complete or not know how to take steps to reach their goal. This results in a lot of people giving up or procrastinating. I have good news for you: You can revise your resolutions to make them achievable!
The first step in writing a New Year’s resolution is to understand what the goal is trying to achieve. Are you trying to stop an old habit, or develop a new healthy one? Next, set up smaller steps to take to achieve this resolution. If your goal is to start a new healthy habit the steps should align with taking action to accomplish this resolution this year. This means both the resolution and the steps need to be clear and specific. For example, if something you want to accomplish is to start going to the gym, the resolution should not be “start going to the gym”. Instead, it should be something like “Go to the gym to lift/strength training three times a week,” or “Run on the treadmill three times a week.”
This in itself is a major improvement to your resolution, as it conveys clearly what you mean to do. To make this even better, let’s add a time-frame to your goal to hold you accountable to completing it. For example “Run on the treadmill for 30 mins, three times a week.
Maintaining well planned and time-framed resolution, and also including specific steps to reach these goals, can help make your New Year’s Resolutions effective. Let’s make 2026 your best year yet!
