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How did Dexter students do in 2023 with their resolutions? How will they do in 2024?
By: Noah Boyce & Leo Mitchell
As 2023 winded down, DHS students reflected on the past year and the decisions made along the way. Some, like senior Hayden Kelly, made a resolution and stuck with it the whole year. “I wanted to hit the gym more, and I did; I hit the gym more,” Kelly said. Others, like senior Cole Watkins, didn’t make one. “I believe in constant improvement instead of once a year,” he said.
With 2024 here, a lot of DHS’s students decided to make a resolution. Some of these resolutions dealt with love lives, fitness goals, education, or careers. DHS was asked how they did in 2023 and what they are planning on for 2024, and these are the results:
2023 REFLECTION:
Out of the 252 people that answered, slightly more than 60% said that they did not make resolutions this past year.
Of the nearly 40% who made a resolution, nearly a quarter said they followed their resolution through the year. Everyone else who either made one and never started, or followed it for only 1-6 months. The data overwhelmingly shows that DHS students tend not to make resolutions.
Freshman Ana Dettling suggested a reason no one sets resolutions is that “they don’t have a reason to currently; people are kind of busy with jobs. Seniors and juniors are looking to go to college… If they did make one, it would be more sports or academically related.”
Sophomore Kera Root had another hypothesis: “High school kids are lazy and they don’t have the time,” she said.
“I think depending on the resolution, they would hold it for the whole year. If it’s a resolution, like eat healthier, then I only think they would hold it for a couple of months.”
2024 LOOK AHEAD:
Although 60% of people said they didn’t make a resolution in 2023, roughly 60% said that they planned to set one in 2024. Many of the survey submissions claimed their resolution would be based on money or fitness. Although the majority said they were planning to make a resolution, how many people will actually make one? And how many will continue throughout the year?
“I think that if someone set one, they would do their best to live up to that resolution,” sophomore George Parkerhurst said. “But it will slowly fade away through the year.”
New Year’s resolutions, experts say, are a great way to improve different aspects in your life. It could help you become more organized, more in shape, and even make you a happier.
