It’s one of the biggest traditions usually celebrated in the western side of the world: New Year’s resolutions. I hate it.

I get “New year, new me” but is it really a new you? I’m all about improving yourself, but do New Year’s resolutions really help you? Do you really need a new year to improve yourself?

On top of that, people love to post themselves reaching their resolutions, then you check up on them and they’ve entirely dropped their resolutions. I used to participate in New Year’s resolutions with my family, but then I realized that the resolutions didn’t even do anything most of the time.

“I think that New Year’s resolutions are different for a lot of people. People set goals and promises at the beginning of the year that they want to achieve, but not a lot of people actually go through with them,” senior Johan Lazo said. “If they don’t have enough motivation to actually complete it then it makes it practically useless to have.” 

Most of the time, New Year’s resolutions are resolutions you’d like to happen, but you never try to reach those resolutions. For example, most people choose to go to the gym as their resolution and they may go for the first few months, but then they stop going entirely. Other people’s resolution is to organize their houses/rooms better, then you visit them and their place doesn’t look any different from last year. 

“Every year I make New Year’s resolutions for myself like every other person and every year those resolutions fall through like most people. It’s hard to uphold these resolutions for 365 days,” senior Diego Hernandez said.

If you’re going to participate in New Year’s resolutions then actually go through with it. Don’t talk about your resolutions if you aren’t going to uphold and continue those resolutions. I understand that resolutions can be hard, but don’t tell everyone about them if you aren’t actually going to commit to them. New Year’s resolutions are easier said than done.