{"id":43450,"date":"2018-04-16T10:40:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=43450"},"modified":"2021-02-07T20:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T03:49:07","slug":"resolutions-are-so-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2018\/04\/16\/resolutions-are-so-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions are so 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/span>ith the sparkle of the New Year fading, along with people\u2019s resolutions, a return to reality seems inevitable.<\/p>\n

S<\/span>pring is coming and many individuals who began the year with high hopes have had to abandon their goals and accept things as they are.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to stay on track with seemingly meaningless goals, especially when life gets in the way, and the life of a student can be especially hectic.<\/p>\n

Jordan Marriott, a 21-year-old Behavioural Science student at Ambrose University, is not a goal-oriented person, but this year might be different.<\/p>\n

Marriott is a new member of a young adults church group in Calgary, and this year she decided that she is going to go to every weekly gathering.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is just something I wanted to do, so I had to force myself to do it as a New Years resolution, but I consider it more of a timeline than a goal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I just know I won\u2019t do something unless I\u2019ve been considering for a while, then I just make a change and adjust to make it possible. – Jordan Marriott<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The last resolution that Marriott set for her self was in 2014, and she accomplished it with minimal complaints, but she noticed that it did become a chore after a while.<\/p>\n

Eric Hogan, a 21-year-old, gives his resolutions the old college try but they typically fizzle out after a few weeks.<\/p>\n

This January he had set out to drink less alcohol, but he said, \u201cthat ended pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he just falls back into old habits, which he takes as a sign that it wasn\u2019t something he wanted that badly in the first place.<\/p>\n

On the other side of things, Javan Green, a petroleum-engineering graduate, said that he sets goals but doesn\u2019t believe in New Years resolutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI set out to do what I want whenever I want to, and it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s New Years or not,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n

Green said that resolutions are meant to be realistic goals, and if you actually want to make the change, you will.<\/p>\n

Jade Groot is a psychology major at the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally I never take [resolutions] seriously in the beginning,\u201d he said, but over time they just become a part of his daily life.<\/p>\n

He says the way he reaches his goals is simple. He \u201cplans out the steps it takes to get there and takes them on one at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Setting goals is seemingly daunting, and reaching them is another battle, but knowing yourself, and what motivates you is the first step, and then finding a tangible solution to reach it.\"\"<\/p>\n

Megan Whitehead in her home in Calgary on March 1, 2018. She is a goal setting person, and likes to plan for the future. Whitehead mentioned that she would like to use 2018 as a year of organization. She wants to be more organized, and “put together” since she is graduating from the University of Calgary Nursing program in the spring. (Photo by Amy Nopper\/The Press)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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