With the month of January coming to an end, we are officially one month into 2020. Now that
the holidays have passed and our regular lives have resumed, many of us have already
neglected our New Year’s resolutions. This year I decided that I am not waiting around to the
next year to start setting new goals and reaching them. For the year of 2020, I have set 11
meaningful goals for myself to help me be the best version of myself I can be. Even if these
goals get forgotten every once and awhile, I am focusing on not waiting until the New Year
resume my goals because I don’t need an excuse like a holiday to make changes in my life.
1. The first goal I have set for myself is to stop stressing about things that are out of
control. Stress is one of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to school or anything
that happens unexpectedly and I am eager to work on going with the flow and
worrying less.
2. Secondly, I want to pursue my hobbies that I have neglected. In my case, I am hoping
to rekindle my passion for photography, which I have neglected since I graduated
highschool and stopped taking photography courses.
3. Appreciate my education and see it as a blessing rather than a chore. Education is
something that I believe a lot of us take for granted and forget that many people can
not afford to have the same opportunities and we often complain about having to do
school work or wake up early to go to class. Instead of complaining about school I am
working to appreciate my education and view it in a better light.
4. In 2020, I hope to reach out to my friends from home more often. I go to school the
furthest than any of my friends and therefore only get to see them over major breaks.
In the past we tend to only exchange text messages for birthdays, but I am hoping to
reach out more spontaneously this year.
5. Don’t take things for granted. This is a very broad reminder that applies to a lot of
people. Whether it is people, life, food, education, friends, we all take things for
granted, and we need to learn to start appreciating the little things, like getting home
Safely.
6. Speak more positively of myself and focus more on my positive qualities than my
flaws, as well as have a more positive attitude.
7. Start cooking different kinds of foods and challenge myself to learn new cooking
techniques.
8. Listen to music more often. Music is one of my greatest loves but I have found that
while I am away at college I never listen to music, because the majority of the time I
am listening to music it is while driving. This is my reminder to myself to start
listening to music on my walks to class and keep discovering new artists and songs.
9. Spend less time sitting in my room. Especially now that football season is over it is so
easy for me to just lay in bed all day on the weekends, but my goal is to start doing
new things and exploring new places.
10. Develop a better sleep schedule. Like any college kid, it is hard to not be a night-owl,
but bad sleeping habits really take a toll on you and I want to focus on sleeping at a
more reasonable time and getting more sleep.
11. Post more freely on social media. This last one is one that I am extremely focused on
this year. Everytime I post on social media I worry about the filter and whether it will
match my feed, and if I look good enough in it, but in 2020 I want to “make instagram
casual again” and if I like a picture I will post it without worrying about what others
will think.