By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
It’s “out with the old,” and “in with the new” for several seniors at Geneseo High School as they share resolutions for the New Year.
Each New Year brings with it the very best intentions by young and old alike for the forthcoming 365 days. In earlier times, when most people lived in rural areas, preparations for the New Year included slaughtering any livestock that could not survive the dark months of winter. Thus, the origin of “New Year’s resolutions,” when people should “slaughter” their weaknesses.
A modern day ritual involves writing down faults that one hopes to be rid of and then burning the paper.
Resolutions are from senior students at Geneseo High School, in Ali (Stern) Litton’s Family and Consumer Science and Managing Lifestyle classes. (Not in alphabetical order).
Ava DeWolfe – “My New Year’s resolution is to overall better myself and my life. I want to become a better and healthier person. I will do this by gaining more strength to improve my health, through working out and eating better, nutritious food. I will bring more happiness to myself and those around me by performing two acts of kindness throughout each of my days. I want to become a better person not only to improve my health, both mental and physical, but also to be a better person for those around me.”
Kailee Williams – “My New Year’s resolution is to be focused on my education, health, and volleyball career. I want to be able to graduate with a good GPA, while also having good grades in all of my classes. Regarding health and volleyball, I want to be able to stay physically healthy and train/play my best for a future college team.”
Abby Wilshusen – “My New Year’s resolutions are to get more involved in my faith and to start a healthier lifestyle. To achieve these things, I am going to listen to a Bible in a year, which only takes up 30 minutes tops. I’m going to get more involved in TEC and within my church. To have a healthier lifestyle, I’m not going to go on some crazy diet but I’m going to be mindful of what I’m eating, and eating things in moderation. I’m also going to try to go for runs and walks to stay fit, and healthy. Another thing is I’m going to lay off drinking to many energy drinks and soda because they’re awful for your heart health and overall just not good for your body. These are my New Year’s resolutions that I am going to strive for,”
Josh Anderson – “My New Year’s resolution this year is to be at home more. I need to be making more memories with my family and taking care of my dog while at home. Resulting in me taking those memories with my family with me to college.”
Allison Wille – “My New Year’s resolution for 2025 is to successfully complete my first semester of nursing school while working as a CNA. Going along with that, I also hope to stop procrastinating and make school easier for myself.”
Preston Jones – “My New Year’s resolution for 2025 is to work harder on my grades. I want to work on getting my work completed on time and being able to do it well. I also wish to study more so I can do better on tests and quizzes. For this New Year I hope to have better grades and a better understanding of my classes.”
Carter Eastburn – “My New Year’s resolution is pretty basic and cheesy, but it’s important to me that I can learn and get better. My resolution is to improve myself both physically and mentally. That includes finding the motivation to work out, eat healthier, eat regularly, and stop trying to find that motivation in someone else.”
Brooklyn Banta-Hall – “My New Year’s resolution is to not procrastinate and just get things done before the last minute. Soon I will be out of high school so I will need to keep up on things so I can be reliable; In 2025 will not procrastinate and get more things done.”
Jaidah Cribbs - “For 2025 my first New Year’s resolution is to save money to be able to afford big purchases like a new car, an apartment, or buy a new phone. My second resolution is to not eat out at fast food restaurants a lot and work on eating healthier along with working out more. The third New Year’s resolution is to be more organized with my room and when I schedule things to do. My final New Year’s resolution is to go on an airplane for the first time and go to at least three states, along with stopping my procrastination on getting my CNA certificate to go to schools for Nursing. With this being said I am hoping to be successful in the goals that I have set for myself.”
Chloe Medler – “My New Year’s resolution for 2025 is to do better with not procrastinating. I want to do better with not putting things off like laundry and doing homework. I want to become more organized as I get older so then that way I can get things done quicker and not wait until the last minute to do it.”
Jack Polowy – “My New Year’s resolution for 2025 is that I want to better myself by getting back into working out and to become more organized. I hope to become more healthy from working out which can help better my physical and mental health. I also hope to become more organized before I go off to college; I think it will help me get better at doing things and finding the things I need.”
Alex Moe – “My New Year’s resolutions are to find a better relationship with God. I want to be a conference pitcher for our high school baseball team. I want to be stronger and more athletic. I want to go to college and play baseball and become a main pitcher. I want to be more productive for work.”
The rest will publish tomorrow!