As 2025 comes to a close, Texas Tech students begin imagining what next year might look like and how they plan to shape themselves along the way. Some hope to break old habits, others want to build new ones, but most recognize the challenge of consistency.<\/p>\n
Michael Barlow, a third-year technology major from El Paso, said he typically chooses a resolution for self -benefit, but this year he\u2019s breaking that habit by working towards growing closer with his parents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to be a better son, and I want to grow closer to my parents,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is not going to be consistency in it, because as a whole, we\u2019re imperfect and we\u2019re busy, but I would like to feel like I could run to them if I needed any advice or support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaleb Macias, a first-year architecture major from El Paso, is aiming to take more control over his schedule, saying next year\u2019s goal is academics over relationships.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy resolution this year is to not procrastinate,\u201d Macias said. \u201cI failed my resolution last year because I found other things to do in order to have more fun. I didn\u2019t wanna do work most of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rather than finding a new resolution, Emerson Kambarn, a first-year journalism major from Arlington, said she hopes to restart her old habit of focusing on health and routine-building.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy New Year\u2019s resolution is to go to the gym more. I started going at the beginning of college, took a three week break, so now I\u2019m hoping to get back on that,\u201d she said. \u201cTo stay consistent, I plan to make sure I have friends to go with and we build it into our schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kambarn tried to be consistent in maintaining past goals, but said life seems to find a way to be an obstacle.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my past resolutions was to try to talk to my parents every single day,\u201d Kambarn said. \u201cThat never happened because my life got too busy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Similarly, Barlow said he relates to the difficulty of maintaining resolutions because he sometimes makes goals that are either impractical or unrealistic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have set a New Year\u2019s resolution to run every single day of the year,\u201d he said. \u201cSpecifically for 2020, for whatever reason, I decided that I was gonna run every single day. That\u2019s so unrealistic. I think I kind of shoot for the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet, for Kambarn, even when resolutions don\u2019t work out, they can still have a positive impact on the year by providing goals and something to look forward to.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Year\u2019s resolutions are important because it\u2019s a way to look back on the year and see what parts you want to better for yourself and it gives you something positive to focus on,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For Barlow, he said he has struggled with completing resolutions because it can prove difficult to figure out what motivates him personally.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone learns differently, but I think most people are too young to know what works for them,\u201d Barlow said. \u201c … Some people say a New Year\u2019s resolution one time and then forget, but if you remind yourself every single day, it\u2019s less likely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kambarn said she believes the best approach is narrowing things down and being realistic based on where someone is at.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust try to be more consistent and pick one thing you really struggle with and go full-force on that thing,\u201d she said. \u201cDon\u2019t make a giant list of them. Just focus on one thing at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As 2025 comes to a close, Texas Tech students begin imagining what next year might look like and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1837,168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-76435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lavida","9":"tag-lubbock","10":"tag-lubbock-headlines","11":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}