Amending the New Year's Resolution
I've been thinking lately about how I am starting a new school year and how, despite the fact that I'm returning to the same place, it's kind of a chance to do things differently. I started thinking about how New Year's resolutions are kind of wasted on new numerical years because nothing really ever changes. It would be a different thing if, on January 1st, our lives changed in some kind of monumental way, leading us to incorporate our latest decisions into new lifestyles. But on January 1st, nothing has really changed around us. Thus, it's difficult to make any real changes in our behavior. It seems that the start of the new school year is a perfect time to make resolutions because from the very beginning, you have an opportunity to weave them into your change of pattern and setting.
Therefore, I have decided on some sophomore resolutions for myself. 1) Relax. Think rationally about anxiety. Challenge my stress. What is the worst that could happen? I could fail all of my classes. Teachers could lose respect for me. I could somehow lose all of my friends. I could find out that college isn't my niche. I haven't listed anything that I wouldn't be able to recover from. 2) Take steps for self-preservation. For instance, if I have a lot of work to do but an hour long yoga class could return some of my sanity, I should drop everything and go to yoga.
I'm actually getting a little stressed out just thinking about this. So it's time for some desensitization. And now my resolutions are documented as a constant reminder. It always makes me a little nervous to make resolutions, I think because I'm always a little scared that I won't keep them. But that's even more reason to make them, right?
Therefore, I have decided on some sophomore resolutions for myself. 1) Relax. Think rationally about anxiety. Challenge my stress. What is the worst that could happen? I could fail all of my classes. Teachers could lose respect for me. I could somehow lose all of my friends. I could find out that college isn't my niche. I haven't listed anything that I wouldn't be able to recover from. 2) Take steps for self-preservation. For instance, if I have a lot of work to do but an hour long yoga class could return some of my sanity, I should drop everything and go to yoga.
I'm actually getting a little stressed out just thinking about this. So it's time for some desensitization. And now my resolutions are documented as a constant reminder. It always makes me a little nervous to make resolutions, I think because I'm always a little scared that I won't keep them. But that's even more reason to make them, right?