So, it's the second week of the new year, and you already feel like you can't fulfill your resolution this year, or maybe you didn't decide one since it never works out. We've all been there. Either we set the standards too high for ourselves, or bite off more than we can chew.
This year, my New Year's resolution wasn't one of the common ones; to lose weight, stay fit or to save money. I believe that you should always try to stay fit and eat healthier than the day before and I have already mastered saving money. This year I made my New Year's resolution something that actually means a lot to me: to be a better student. I vowed to be more prepared, organized and outspoken in classrooms. I also decided I wanted to use more of the on-campus resources provided for the students like our Writing Center and tutoring centers.
The semester didn't even start before the first time I said, "I give up on school this semester." It was the day to order books, and the suspense of checking my bank account came about, I logged in holding my breath and to my surprise I didn't spend my entire life's savings on Christmas this year. Then, I logged onto my school's website to find out that I need seven books for five classes. My heart rate immediately sky-rocketed because of the amount of money I would have to spend. My New Year's resolution was to be a better student, in this case, it meant spending hours comparing which website or place had my books the cheapest. After extensive research, I obtained all my books for under 150 dollars.
The first day of classes always puts me in one of those moods where you want to stay curled up in your bed and cry all day and also be a successful adult, so in the end you go to class. Luckily, I only had one class. Unluckily, it was three hours. I never experienced a first day so organized that I was convinced being a student was the best thing for me. This was for the first twenty minutes of class until I realized sitting by the door doesn't do justice for my hearing and the heating/cooling system in the room made it sound like it was pouring down rain all class long (this is quite confusing when you walk to class in ten degree weather, but then again, it is Michigan).
Tomorrow is the second day of the semester, and all I can think is, "Being an average college student is acceptable, isn't it?" The answer is yes to most people, but to this girl, it's no. I made a New Year's resolution to stick to it, not to give up before I started. This year, I told myself I'd be a better student, and it will take an army to take that away. This year when people talk about how they didn't stick to their resolution, I can be the odd one out who did, and I'll be proud to say it.
