Miguel A, Anthony C, and Carmine L were all interview to reflect on their New Years resolutions and how each of them have their personal goals and own strategy to keep track of their success. Girolimon, Mars published an article called “What Are New Year’s Resolutions and Do They Work?” This article gave an overview of this topic and it’s noted, “A New Year’s resolution is an intention or commitment to achieve a goal or make a change in the new calendar year. While some people’s resolutions find success, more resolutions fail than you might realize” (Girolimon 2025).
“I have made New Year’s resolutions before and they often included getting good grades which I often was successful in achieving. However, this year My New Year’s resolution this year is to be a kinder and more hardworking person striving to make a higher level club soccer team.”
These are some of the quotes from Miguel Anchondo as being interviewed. Miguel also stated that his New Year’s resolution is something he has been doing without giving it importance as much this year. He plans to work on his achievement daily and has anticipated some obstacles he will be facing will be other people with the same desire to make a good team so he has to make sure that when he faces others he plays his game the best way possible. As I gave a comment on how the majority of people fail to accomplish their New Year’s resolution because they planned it out by themselves without keeping track or someone supporting them. He reflected and noticed that he has not accomplished all of his goals every single year for the same reason. Which is why he recommended keeping track of your progress as he’s going to make a plan out sheet to see how close he is to his goal and to remind that he has a goal to achieve this year that would bring success towards his future.
As every individual having their own goal like Miguel being a soccer player and a student focusing on his goals and working towards his future, as his teammate Anthony Catalan was also interviewed he said, “I love nature and animals and seeing the outdoors makes me want to explore nature by going on more hiking trails this year. Previously I have made some New Year’s resolutions like Ye like losing 50 pounds but this year i feel like having a challenge.”
Anthony Catalan is a funny guy who tends to be friendly and kind to everyone and makes someone’s day by making an individual feel appreciated. Which seems to resemble his New Year’s resolution. As he is planning to go visit the outside world especially nature and go on hiking. As I asked him is there any special place he wants to visit or hike which he responded back saying that it doesn’t matter when or where when he would have the opportunity he would take action because his mindset is the following: It’s either one day or day one and he rather take the one day option this has been a key to achieving his goal previously even though this year tends to be a bit more challenging. For Anthony Catalan going to explore nature and do activities is going to be more complicated since this time he would need support especially when it comes to transporting and with whom. However, he mentioned that he has support from his family as well as his friends too. Anthony seems to have almost everything planned out because his daily schedule barely allows him to squeeze more plans as he is an active student, athletic, and works. As his recommendation relates to Miguel’s is to reset and start a new schedule to find the schedule he’s looking for without losing focus on his minor goals or his daily life that is healthy and active. Coming down to another student interview in the campus of NBECHS was Carmine Lopez who is involved with school and into sports too.
Carmine Lopez has dedicated to wrestling for a long time, received multiple rewards from it and I Imagine this would influence his New Year’s resolution and he confirms it by stating, ”Get better at wrestling. I’ve had in the past getting good grades since my grades were always at B’s and C’s. I managed to get a few A’s last year. Since I had accomplished this, now I have to think bigger even though It will be very difficult since I will have to endure lots of hard training mentally and physically, but I just have to push through it since it’s what I want to achieve. I have my coach who is constantly pushing me to do better and encouraging me to do more.”
As Carmine Lopez illustrated, just because you are involved in a certain thing doesn’t mean you have to focus on it because as an individual we have our personal goals. Carmine Lopez focuses more on his personal goals and what he values more or where he needs improvement instead of focusing on something where he is already good at like being part of ASB even though there is always room for improvement. Each student interviewed had made a New Year’s resolution before but this year is going to be more locked in. Their tips for success were almost familiar by looking for support if they don’t already and tracking their progress and reminding themselves everyday that they have something to accomplish and working towards.“Whether soccer field, hiking trails, wrestling mats and more Miguel, Anthony, and Carmine will prove that anything could be accomplished with the right mindset, support, and a plan. New Year’s resolutions becomes more than just a thought.”
