START 2017 WITH NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS!
BY JIN YOUNG HAN
Everyone wishes to have a better life and more
exciting experiences in the upcoming year. In order
to do so, people like to plan out a list of goals known
as New Year resolutions. Many people consider
dieting, exercising, traveling, saving money, and
studying harder as their resolutions. Unfortunately,
most of them soon forget their New Year resolutions
after a short period of time, or never even start, while
only a few actually fulfill their resolutions.
“I want to visit France this year because I didn’t have
a chance to visit France when my family traveled to
Europe,” said Grace Gao, a junior at Shanghai
Livingston American School. “I will talk to my family,
and come up with a plan for the trip. Then, we will
book the tickets ahead of time,” added Grace.
drinking, and smoking, 3) proper dressing, 4) good
hygiene, and 5) exercise while eating healthy diet.
Moreover, although many people come up with New
Year resolutions, most have difficulty keeping them.
Therefore, for those people who cannot keep their
New Year resolutions, it is suggested that they should
make a more realistic plan to make sure they are able
to achieve their goals. It is also a good idea to have
family members and friends to motivate and
encourage you not to give up.
“I ate Korean traditional rice cake soup with my family
on the first day of 2017, discussing the New Year
resolutions at the same time,” commented Yu Jeong
Kim, currently a sophomore at the well-known
Shanghai Livingston American School. She also
shared her New Year resolutions by saying, “My New
The various New Year resolutions can be categorized Year resolutions are to get good grades and
into several types of self-improvement related to successfully pass the AP World History exam.
education, appearance, finance, and relationship. Therefore, my plan is to study harder.”
According to statisticbrain.com, the top eleven New
Year resolutions are: 1) lose weight and eat healthier New Year resolutions are goals that you want to
food, 2) commit to life or self improvements, 3) make accomplish next year. Many people make resolutions
better financial decisions, 4) quit smoking, 5) do more during the first few weeks of the start of the New Year
exciting activities, 6) spend more time with family and in attempts to improve their health, appearance,
close friends, 7) work out more often, 8) learn money, education, and or relationship with others.
something new on my own, 9) do more good deeds Despite the effort of trying to carry out the resolutions,
for others, 10) find the love of my life, and 11) get a people still have difficulty accomplishing their goals.
better job. Many of the New Year resolutions are The best way to avoid this situation is to stick to a
related to health. If you want to keep yourself healthy, realistic plan and have people around to support you
you can try carrying out the five tips from with your goals.
praiseworldradio.com. The tips are: 1) regular health
checks, 2) change of social habits like drug abuse,
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