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My 2019 Resolutions

Because better late than never? Am I right?

maddiehobika

Feb 04, 2019

Syracuse University

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Where did you go? I feel like it was just yesterday that I was cramped in a basement with all of my friends waiting for the ball to drop. Shortly afterwards, I piled my stuff into my parents car and make the journey back to campus. Since first arriving for this spring semester back at Syracuse University, I feel like I have been running around campus non stop, and working on all other assignments.

My news years resolutions that I had so strongly argued that I would not forget about were pushed to the back of my mind. But, who says that January 1st, is the only day that you can set resolutions. It isn't! Here are my goals for the rest of this semester.

1. Get to bed earlier.

I always regret my decision to stay up binge watching Netflix the next morning.

2. Start homework before I allow myself to watch Netflix, YouTube videos, scroll through Instagram.

3. Get to classes on time.

Especially because of the extreme temperatures right now, I need to make sure that I am giving myself extra time to avoid slipping on ice.

4. Limit my money and time spent online shopping.

5. Make more time for myself.

Set aside a night to allow myself to relax

6. Stop eating fries every time that I go into the dining hall.

I feel you girl, we can do this together.

7. Keep my dorm room clean

8. Chew less gum.

seriously...I am addicted...and it is harmful to my wallet.

9. Spend less money on Starbucks and make coffee in my room instead.

10. Make plans to do things with other people first instead of assuming that people will ask me to do things.

11. Explore more things around Syracuse!

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Because better late than never? Am I right?

In This Article:

1. Get to bed earlier.

2. Start homework before I allow myself to watch Netflix, YouTube videos, scroll through Instagram.

3. Get to classes on time.

4. Limit my money and time spent online shopping.

5. Make more time for myself.

6. Stop eating fries every time that I go into the dining hall.

7. Keep my dorm room clean

8. Chew less gum.

9. Spend less money on Starbucks and make coffee in my room instead.

10. Make plans to do things with other people first instead of assuming that people will ask me to do things.

11. Explore more things around Syracuse!

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2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

What are the states that have set a $15/hour minimum wage?

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7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

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10. When you're assigned a group project.

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12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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