“New year, new me” is a very popular saying. It might be a saying you are familiar with, or it might not be. The saying is usually used around December, in regards to the new year about to take place: it’s all about changing your life for the better in the new year. This time of year, people make New Year’s resolutions, promises that they are going to change themselves for the better in the coming year. It’s a great tradition that celebrates making decisions/additions to your life that will improve you as a person. It is a time for appreciating what you have done this year, accepting some things to work on, thinking of ways to change them and deciding to actually make those changes.

Many people focus on different things. For example, some people’s goal is to lose weight or go to the gym more, some want to make more friends and be more outward and some don’t want to make changes at all. 

LOHS sophomore Saxon Kitchen said, “I want to get better grades,” which is a very popular goal that most students are aiming for in the upcoming year.

Another student, sophomore Ryan Jumnongnart, said that he wants to “work out more and get [my] driver’s license,” which is another great goal and a very popular decision as well. 

A third student, junior Owen Beaumont, had the same New Year’s resolution as Ryan, saying that he wanted “to work out more and gain weight.”

Finally, junior Kieran Lussier said a goal that is not very often said, “I want to get a loving girlfriend.” 

All of those are good options, and if you didn’t already have a New Year’s resolution. I hope you found a good resolution to make or at least got a good idea for one.