by joka2000
For a lot of people, the new year represents a fresh start and clean slate to start the new year off right. As a college student, the new year is the sign of a fresh semester and the opportunity to take new classes and earn better grades. Sadly though for me, this new semester will also be my last semester, as I will be graduating from the University of Virginia in May. Although I certainly have no regrets (yet!), here are my top new year’s resolutions for making my last semester, my best semester.
1. Attend a UVa basketball game and sit in the student section
Although I’m embarrassed to admit, especially because I’m such an avid sports fan, I have never gone to a home UVa basketball game (unbelievable, right?). There’s certainly something special about college athletics compared to the pro game, and I crave that last opportunity to root for my alma mater. Plus, there’s nothing more fun than chanting “Hoo’s your daddy?” at the opposing players and coaches!
2. Cure myself of 4th Year apathy
Everybody knows that seniors, whether it be in high school or college, have a tendency to care less about school and more about having fun. While its certainly fun to be a 2nd semester senior, finishing out school on a high note will be a good boost when god forbid I enter the real world next fall. On the bright side, I’m taking all electives next semester which should certainly make this resolution easier to accomplish.
3. Streak the Lawn
Hey! It might be an archaic, nonsensical UVa tradition but it is a rite of passage for all 4-th years nonetheless. The route from the famed rotunda down toward the statue of Thomas Jefferson might be cold, and snowy but the reward is so worthwhile. What better time to engage in this distinctly UVa tradition then when I’ll be walking down this same route maybe a couple weeks later to finally graduate!
So there you have it, my three goals or resolutions for the upcoming spring semester. A perfect mix of pleasure and hard work should make these goals attainable, but hey, isn’t the best part about making new year’s resolutions is not completing them?
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My son’s a junior in college and works really hard to keep his 4.0. He needs that coffeee so pleaseee pick us to win!!
My New Years resolution is to be more active…at home, in the community and with my friends.
My new years resolution is going to be to volunteer my time more to our humane society, be a more patient person, & get organized! Wish me luck =)
Good resolutions:)
College sporting events are a lot of fun! You should definitely go to one at your alma mater =)
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my resolution is to quit smoking
My New Year’s goal is to get my family closer and getting along better by next year.
my new years resolution is to finish some projects ive been putting off for a while.
My new year’s resolution is to workout more.
Here is my list:
1. Quit Smoking (started again 2 months ago)
2. Take better care of myself – more sleep, eat heathier, excerise
3.Hug more, tell people I <3 how much they mean to me
4. Practice forgiveness( this one is going to be hard)
5. Remember to be grateful daily!!
6. Give to charity – if not money…my time
My new years resolution is to travel more ASAP!
Run fast while streaking!!!
I would like to get out of debt. Good luck on your resolutions!!
my new years resolution is to be more productive
I have a resolution to eat healthy…I really don’t like many vegetables and this year I’m going to make a big effort to eat them
My New Year’s resolution is to read more & actually sew more in my spare time. Thanks for hosting!
My new years resolution is to spend more time in the gym
would love to win and thanks.
My new years resolution is
1.Loose 30lbs
2.Stay active & healthy (excersice, eating right)
3.Get a new look (make-over)
4.Let myself have fun & be happy
My New Year’s resolution is to not have any resolutions!
Less work and more family time – that streaking sounds quite fun – but the weather is so frightening too cold here in WVA
This year, me resolution is to read more and maintain an active lifestyle
Those are awesome, I have set a few goals for myself also. Have a great new year!!
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My New Years resolution is to be happy
My resolution is to study more!
I would like to stress less in 2011, but not sure I will be able to keep this.
My New years resolution is to try more in everything I do
My resolution is to be more green! I’m starting by taking my reusable grocery bags with me to the store
My resolution is to become healthier and happier…
my resolution is to quit smoking
My resolution is wo WIN MORE STUFF NEXT YEAR!
My resolution is to drink more coffee
No, really I want to try to clean up papers and things like that and get organized.
Stay on track with my work.
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My resolution is to go to Indianna to see my friend!
My NYR would be to focus on getting more financially secure ( I’m tired of being uncertain – it’s too stressful!), Be more involved with activities & people, and shake off this gloomy fear thing I’ve had (what happened to my happy-go-lucky, strong, confident self? and why haven’t I been painting my nails?
lol). Here’s to a brand new start ♥
I live right near the UVA campus. It’s gorgeous and the home games are a lot of fun. Everyone really gets into it. Hubby and I went to a basketball game there last year and while our seats weren’t the greatest, I had so much fun. It completely normal to see professional players (NBA) hanging out. It’s definitely a blast. You have to go sometime!
Oops…I didn’t mean to reply to you. That was meant to be a separate comment.
Sorry…my resolution is to save more $ this year. <3
This year I want to get out and exercise more…
Every year I make a New Year Resolution and every year it last about 2 days, if I am good. This year I am going to go out on a limb and just forget the resolution and be me!!
Me me me!
My New Year’s resolution is to be more aware of the things that I eat and partake in healthy eating! I want to stick to goals that I set and reward myself upon completion!
I would love to be entered… and amazon is a great idea for gift cards too
My resolution is to eat better… not anything too profound.
Great new years resolutions
My resolution is to lose weight and develop my career.
i would love to win this
My rsolution is to be more active.
My new years resolution is to stop making resolutions. It’s to much pressure lol
I live right near the UVA campus. It’s gorgeous and the home games are a lot of fun. Everyone really gets into it. Hubby and I went to a basketball game there last year and while our seats weren’t the greatest, I had so much fun. It completely normal to see professional players (NBA) hanging out. It’s definitely a blast. You have to go sometime!
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I like #3! Sounds like fun! I don’t make resolutions, but I would like to give up my addiction to sugar!!! Oh, and…I hope I win! Now that I think about it, one resolution should be giving up my annoying habit of using exclamation points all the time!!!
I love books so my New Years resolution is to try and read 50 books next year
my new years resolution is to be a better person and do more for the less fortunate
My new years resolution is to eat better and start working out again.
My new years resolution is to buy a house so I can get out of my in laws house! It’s been a long 6 months or so!
My new years resolution is to lose the Baby weight I gained when my wife was pregnant, lol
I like that your list is practical and goofy. My resolutions are to cook more from scratch and stop spending so much at starbucks (it’s getting bad).
My new years resolution is to relose the baby weight I gained, I lost 45 lbs the first 6wks after my daughter was born and now I’ve gained 15 back
My resolution is to get moer excercise.. original eh? But so true!!
My resolution is to make a 650 on my GMAT and start grad school…and if I get that 650, I may streak too!
my New Years resolution is to lose 15 lbs and to play with the kids more
My New Years Res …. Well I love to HELP People! So I am going to take time this yr to help out local charities!! Also Bcs I have been doing freebies, sampling, couponing I want to help them score items that will help with savings!! Thanks for giving me a chance to score a GIFT CARD!
My resolution is to get straight A’s during my final semesters at Eastern Michigan University!
My resolutions this year is to be strong, and independent for myself and my children, to show my children that it is okay to be a little scared, worried, emotional about their father leaving for a 7 month deployment. To show them that is it okay to feel these feeling; that we as a family can do this! My other resolutions is to be more active in our ships family support group and to help and support other new navy wives through this time. And my last resolution is to be more organized to finish what I have started.
My New Year’s Resolution is to not waste away my Spring semester like I did my fall one.
Would love to win,,
Nice resolutions. Mine is to try to loose this baby weight I gained almost 6 months ago. My inlaws were wonderful and got me a double jogging stroller to help me with this! Good luck with yours! Happy New Year
Hmm, I think my New Year’s resolution will be to balance my checkbook more often!
Would love to win. Good Luck everyone.
Getting early start/info for my baby girl. She will be leaving the nest for college next year.
Sorry forgot, my New Year resolution is to lose weight, and stay off the cigs
take better care of myself
Nice resolutions, i need to make mine
My New Year’s resolution to get running again. I was able to squeeze in some time for it this past summer and loved it.
My New Year’s resolution is to try to be more organized.
Woo Hoo! I Love Coffee (mostly Starbucks)!
My New Year’s resolution is to play less video games!
My New Year’s resolution is to stick to the p90x and lose more weight!
My resolutions are to stop procrastinating, study harder, be more open (I’m a pretty private person), and drink more water.
This is not a new year’s resolution, it’s more like beginning 2 fulfill my purpose in life.. I look forward 2 starting a mentoring program for younger girls that encourages them 2 DREAM & make their dreams a reality. The plan is to reach out to my immediate community and then across the country. I plan on reaching out to @ least 500 girls b4 the end of January by God’s grace!
Hope you can stick to the 4th year apathy resolution thatone has to be the hardest!
My New Year’s resolution is to cut down on my shopping!
Entering! My resolution would be to get my life on track with a GOOD job, be healthier, finish schooling, and maybe by the end of the year a house? =p we can dreammmm right?
My new years resolution is to get in shape!
My new years resolution is to become healthier by means of eating less fast food and exercising, saving more money, and getting good grades in school.
Mike: G’luck with your last semester. I wish you and everyone else the best of luck in fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions too!
As for myself, I have a couple of small goals for myself each with the theme of finding a balance in my daily life. One thing I’d really like to do is take at least one Sunday out of the each month to send family and loved ones a hand written letter. Text messages, emails and the like are super convenient and wonderful in their own right but do not compare to the time and thought that goes into putting pen to paper for someone. This will also be a great creative outlet for me since it will encourage me to start making my handmade paper and cards again.
good luck with your resolutions! I’d love to be entered also.
My new years resolution is to loose around 50 pounds since i accomplished last years task to stop smoking! I am in college but had to take some time off for medical issues so I want to go back to class asap!
My resolution is to drink more coffee. haha
I would love to win a coffee GC!!!
My resolution is to eliminate as much stress from my life as possible! I would love to win!
Those are some great resolutions. My resolution as always is to not make any resolutions.
new year resolution is a slimmer and healthier me, so exercise everyday.
My New Year’s resolution is to focus more on my career goals to advance in my job. I would love to win!
Coffee is my best friend especially when it comes to the night before exams!!!! I dont make resolutions any more because I never keep them!
My New Year resolution is to be more green! I’m starting by taking my reusable grocery bags with me to the store, and do more recycling…:=)
I would love to win, good luck to all.
I resolve to go on an adventure this year. I’m in graduate school right now, but I’m taking a year off from it, and I want to use this year to explore. In childhood and adolescence, I consumed myself with adventures through books, and they have given me the spirit of wanting to travel, so that I, too, can have an adventure to write about when I come home. I’ve loved books forever, and I want to contribute something to the literary world through my own adventures. Thus, that is my resolution: Adventure!
I too am trying to avoid any sort of apathy, and to also become more productive.
Best Wishes for the New Year.
My resolution for 2011 is to be more of a giver. The more we give the more comes back to us and in the process I will be making a heart happy!
I want to spend more time with my kids instead of working more than full time. I feel like the babysitters are raising them.
Please enter me Thanks!
Starbucks!!!
My new years revolution is to get along with the girls at school, and focus on learning what is presented in class!
I would love a coffee gc! yuuummmm
And my new years resolution: losing 20-30lbs… I’m in my best friends wedding this summer…. I need to rock the dress… oh and I need to find an adult job, not two part timers its killing me.
My resolution is to not procrastinate, especially in the small things. Many times I put things off that are difficult or I’d rather not do at the time, like responding to emails right away. I would like to get more things done that I don’t really feel like doing so I feel rewarded by doing the things I really want to do.
I also would like to be more spontaneous. I feel like I have gotten into a rut in life and would like to be a more fun person. I want to be the type of person that others like being around and I feel like right now I am too shy to do so.
Exercise more! (This is always my resolution, but this time I resolve to actually give it a real go)
New Year’s resolution is to work hard on achieving all my goals. Keep my 4.0 in school and keep working towards having a better career, to be happy, a better person, exercise more, and live laugh love <3
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my new year’s resolution is to accept things I can’t change..and to start taking care of myself both mentally and physically. Ps..I love Starbucks
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
to do well in school…..get my surgery…have fun with famliy…Get JOB….
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I don’t normally make resolultions. I resolve to take each day and try to make it better than the day before. I will continue to ask God for guidance and Thank Him for each and every day I wake up and my feet hit the floor. Thanks for hosting this contest and Good Luck to everyone with their New Year’s Resolutions!
Almost forgot – Thanks also for your free book giveaways. Almost didn’t believe it was real til I received a copy of Petty Magic today. Thanks a Bunch!
Lose some weight
My New Year’s resolution is to honor my needs more instead of always taking care of everyone else like I have always done.
This year, I have 3 resolutions.
1. Stop thinking of myself all the time.
2. Be a 4.0 student.
3. Find a steady job and move out.
My New Years Resolution is to stop smoking! I want to get back in shape!
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