While we have been taking a break from Blogging over the Holiday season, the Elan staff would like to share a few of our New Year's Resolutions with everyone. A new year brings with it new opportunities, new goals, and new writing to create and explore. What are some resolutions that you've made?
My New Year's Resolution this year is to win the Batten Award Scholarship and not pay a single cent for college!
-Mariah Abshire, Editor-in-Chief
I don't know if this is weird, but this is my very first New Year's Resolution, which is fitting because 2015 will be a start of something completely new for me: college. In the year 2015, I want to 1) figure out my future, 2) hold off Senioritis for as long as I can, and 3) be ready for anything!
-Shamiya Anderson, Creative Non-Fiction
I want to maintain relationships with people from school after I graduate and continue to write poetry.
-Taylor Austell, Layout and Design Editor
I want to continue to write after I graduate, and I want to devote more time to studying (math especially)!
-Sarah Buckman, Editor-in-Chief
I have never been the person that made New Year's Resolutions but I have decided to try something new this year. In this upcoming year I have decided to be happy, find my Zen. I want to keep a positive outlook on life despite anything bad that may happen in this upcoming year.
-Anna Dominguez, Junior Poetry Editor
My New Year's Resolution this year is to write some bomb fiction next semester and meet Blake Griffin!
-Madison George, Social Media Editor
This coming year, I hope to expand my writing into more personal endeavors. I've been slacking, in terms of writing outside of school, and I think it's starting to take a toll on my overall enthusiasm for writing. I'm going to work on taking it back next year, and start to immerse myself in some writing that is really close to what I want to see coming from myself.
-Ruvi Gonzalez, Junior Fiction Editor
I've never really stuck to my New Year's Resolution but since this is my last year at home, why not stick to it? This year I'm going to get a job.
-Grace Green, Poetry Editor
It shouldn't take a set date to make changes for the better. A New Year is a new opportunity, but so is a new day; acting on a decision to change should happen at any moment, not just at the turn of the year. Ironically, my resolution is to keep that in mind.
-Jordan Jacob, Junior Editor-in-Chief
In the upcoming year of 2015 I hope to come to some sort of resolution in terms of what I want to do as a career in life. I will be a senior by next Autumn, and I really want to have a good grasp as to what I want to do later in life.
- Briana Lopez, Junior Social Media Editor
I don't normally do New Year's Resolutions because they typically get forgotten. Plus, why wait until a New Year to make a new you? But I think I'll play along this time. Next year, I'll be funnier and more responsible. There it is. I think it's ambiguous enough to follow.
-Rey Mullennix, Fiction Editor
Resolutions are embarrassing. My resolution when I was seven would probably have been to stop picking my nose. My resolution when I was nine would be to stop sleeping with a night light. My resolution this year is to stop eating so many Reese's. I eat them for breakfast sometimes, I eat them when I get home from school... It's a problem. Maybe I could start eating some cantaloupe or kiwi or something. Anything healthier would be an improvement.
-Kat Roland, Art Editor
I resolve to read more poetry books, care less about the Kardashians, and most importantly, to feel how I feel and do what I want instead of letting other people's expectations be in charge of my actions and thoughts.
-Savannah Thanscheidt, Web Editor
This year I want to have more spontaneous moments. Being a senior and having less than a year before I run off toward another adventure I want to not worry about stuff and have more genuine moments of fun.
-Chrissy Thelemann, Submissions Editor
I do not have a resolution for 2015. I don’t think people should focus on changing because a new year is coming up and everyone is buying into the “New Year, New You” perspective, but people should instead focus on change because they are striving for personal growth. I think making plans are good for yourself on a yearly basis, but for myself personally, I’m still trying to make good on the ones I promised years ago.
-Stephanie Thompson, Marketing Editor
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