As 2022 approaches, will people continue to use the new year as a free pass into starting fresh, or will the first two years of the new decade bring a change into how society views personal renewal?

The 2020s have brought no short number of questions for society to ponder over. Now that the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic is beginning to peak over the horizon, the global population has a lot to consider regarding personal growth, and it turns out that a lot of these questions can be applied to the New Year’s culture as well — especially the resolution.
The basis of the resolution is simple; reflect on the previous year, identify what could be done differently, set a goal (or goals) to achieve this, and then follow through until the Earth completes its orbit around the sun again.
However, reality tends to alter what ideas mean once they are actually applied, and in the case of resolutions, some believe that they encourage failure.
Junior Charlotte Peverley feels that “sometimes people might put too much pressure on themselves and if they do not achieve their goal, they get defeated.” For Charlotte, setting herself up for success involves balance. “I want to keep myself motivated, but I don’t want to burn out.”
Now that the definition is becoming more abstract, some people have begun to interpret the idea of the resolution as a mindset.
When the new year begins, College Counselor Carrie Siemsen will “try to not take for granted all the things we can now do as opposed to all the things we could not do,” leaving her with room to adjust to whatever new obstacle is thrown at her.
When the new year does finally arrive, students and teachers will hopefully continue to trek onward into a world of infinite possibilities.