College students all seem to go through the same few New Year's resolutions come the end of fall semester.
1. Stop procrastinating.
Every student is guilty of procrastinating more than they should at some point in the semester. Even though we tell ourselves that we will finish our work as soon as it is assigned, often times things somehow get out of hand and we end up scrambling to finish that paper or study for that test at the last minute. Sadly, that isn’t always when we do our best work, so it’s not surprising that trying to procrastinate less is probably something that you can find high up on any college student’s list of New Year’s resolutions.
2. Sleep more.
College is a busy time for any student. Between balancing school, extracurriculars and friends, we don’t often have a whole lot of time to spare, and that means we sometimes neglect sleeping as much as we should. Not sleeping enough can have a ton of different consequences on your health and it weakens your immune system so the chances of you getting sick are much higher. Because of that, we could probably all benefit from a couple extra hours of sleep every night, at the very least it will make us fun be around in those 8 a.m. classes.
3. Eat healthier.
The freshman fifteen is very much a real thing. When you aren’t at home and don’t know how to make your own food or have access to a kitchen, it can be easy to resort to fast food or other unhealthy options. But there are so many different healthy choices for food whether you live on campus or on your own, and if we made some better choices next year, our bodies would probably thank us.
4.Call home more often.
All college students, especially us freshman, are getting used to not living at home, and sometimes we forget that we aren’t the only ones that might be having a hard time with it. We can get so caught up in our own lives that we forget to call our parents every so often and ease their worries about how we are doing. So even if it is only for a few minutes, calling home more often will probably make your parents happier.
5. Be a better student.
College classes are no piece of cake. They require a ton of time, studying and motivation, and even the best students falter sometimes. It can be hard to keep a handle on all of your work and carve out enough time to study as much as you need to for a big test or to finish all of your assignments on time. As much as we might try, sometimes the grades that we end up with aren’t always the ones that we wanted. Even if you did get the grades you wanted, being a better student doesn’t even have to be restricted to just getting better grades. Being a better student overall means being a better learner, whether it is reading new books, or studying new things or learning a new skill, we always have room for improvement.
