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How to Actually Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

Aleyce Green
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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Purdue chapter.

It’s officially 2025, which means it’s time to reflect on the past year. That means creating New Year’s resolutions. Whether you’re opting to create a vision board or make a list of ins and outs, focusing on what the best version of yourself is so in. 

And yet, a lot of people struggle sticking to their goals for the new year. Myself included. 

This year is different. 

Maybe you’ve struggled with sticking to your resolutions or maybe you have a difficult time coming up with goals for the new year in the first place. However, 2025 can be a new era, all you have to do is actually stick to what you decided on at the beginning of the year.

Here’s three ways you can make sure you stick to your goals for this year: 

1.) Have someone hold you accountable 

Whether you’re trying to go to the gym this year or entering your academic weapon era, it’s helpful to have someone who will keep you accountable. That could be in the form of a gym buddy or even just someone asking you if you’ve done your homework yet. Either way, having someone who’s willing to hold you accountable will make achieving your 2025 goals so much easier. 

2.) Know your limits 

If you want to go to the gym more this year, but you try to go five days a week to start, then chances are you might tire out fast. Pushing yourself too hard when it comes to achieving your goals can cause burnout to happen before you’ve even made progress. So, it’s important to know your limits and where your boundaries are. 

3.) Have a good why 

Sometimes it might not be enough to just want to do something. Having a good why that is not only personal to you, but will give you the motivation to keep going is one of the best ways to stick to New Year’s resolutions. 

Aleyce Green

Purdue '26

Aleyce Green is a Junior at Purdue University, majoring in Creative Writing and Communication. This is her second writing for hercampus and she is looking forward to more! She likes to write about anything and everything, however, she leans more towards writing about lifestyle and entertainment such as topics related to manifestation, academics, movies (specifically chickflics and romcoms), and beauty. She hopes to get more into fashion so she can write about that too! This is her first time having her writing published. She also hopes to have some of her fiction published one day as well since she is a creative writing major. Branching more into the world of journalism would also be ideal. When she isn't writing for hercampus, you can find her snuggled up in her dorm room reading a book or binging a tv series. Her latest binge being 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'. Her hobbies include fencing, writing, and spending time with her friends and family.