New Year’s resolutions are a common tradition among many people. Some students take part in the tradition.

“My New Year’s resolution is to get my grades up,” freshman Cameron Thomas said. “My grades aren’t great right now. I think I’ll be able to do it since I’ll have help.”

Most students do not have New Year’s resolutions, as they feel they do not need one.

“I don’t want to change anything,” junior Aaron Goodman said. “I’m good with how I am now.”

Other students think aspirations should not be put off until the beginning of the new year.

“If I have a problem or want to change something in my life, I don’t feel like I need to put that off until the beginning of next year,” senior Cheyenne Schwab said.

Students who have this mindset do not think less of people who do have resolutions.

“It’s great that other people make New Year’s resolutions,” Schwab said. “I feel that they need a little extra motivation to get their goals met and I don’t see a problem with that; I just don’t need one for myself.”

Another reason many students do not participate in New Year’s resolutions is because they feel like they would struggle to go through with it.

“I could never actually finish it,” junior Taylor Vredenburg said. “I would get a week in and then quit.”

Some students feel that if people procrastinate their goals until the holiday, the goals won’t ever be achieved.

“If someone has to wait until New Year’s to do something, I don’t think they will ever begin to improve themselves,” Schwab said.