My New Years Resolution
What's a resolution?
- A New Year's resolution is a personal promise or commitment to make a positive change, start a new habit, or improve oneself in the new calendar year, symbolizing a fresh start for self-improvement.
Some examples could be..
- Lose 20 pounds within 3 months.
- Start budgeting and save $1000 for next year.
- Read 50 books before next school year.
Things like these are important because the new year can be an opportunity to start fresh and continue doing good habits. Most people set their New Year's resolutions to start being healthier, smarter, or anything of the sorts. But for me, I'm gonna set 3 goals that I can accomplish this year. My 3 goals are playing pickleball more, cooking healthier meals, and start movie reviewing!
Goal Number 1: Play pickleball for at least 2 hours every day during summer break!
My brother tore his ACL around 9 months ago, and he couldn't use his leg a lot, or it would lengthen the time of his recovery by months. As a result, he had to drop soccer and he wasn't allowed to go and play sports with his friends. His knee is gonna heal by summertime, and I'm sure he'd be ready to get back on the court. As such, I'm setting a goal for at least around 150 hours of playtime for the whole summer break. If you're confused, that's just above 2 hours per day.
Also, I joined a pickleball club at my school, and I started to enjoy the windy, Friday mornings that I got to spend with my friends, who also love pickleball. We even started playing doubles at my local park!
More tiny goals I'd like to set:
- Beat my brother in a singles match
- Get a point with one serve
- Spend at least 5 hours at the park/court
- Play with a total stranger (and beat them)
Goal Number 2: Learn to cook!
I'd like to learn how to cook at least 5 good meals this year, because I like it when someone else appreciates something I did, and that's basically what cooking is. I can't really say I have experience because all I know how to do right now is boil noodles and oversalt my dinner plate. I do know how to make a mean mac n' cheese, though. Also, I hope that I can eventually move into baking and stuff, and maybe even have a little personal cookbook of my own.
Obviously, I'll have parental supervision when cooking with hot oil or whatever, but all of the seasoning, timing, stirring, etc, will be done by me. The first meals will definitely suck, but I'll learn.
Some things I definitely want to learn how to make are:
- Mashed potatoes
- Rice and grilled chicken
- Chicken alfredo
Goal Number 3: Start reviewing movies
I guess you could say I like the sound of my own voice, but I like it when I can share my opinion on something, even if it's horrible, and reviewing movies is a great way to start putting it online. It's like a little personal journal. Also, my attention span lately has been decreasing, I can barely watch a full video on Youtube.. I'd like to start moving into different genres, because all the movies I watch right now are just the plot of My Little Pony but reimagined. So, my goal this year is to watch and review at least 20 new movies.
It's also great because I've already watched a lot of good movies, and I can start right away. Thinking about the actual story and cinematography of the movie will also make me more engaged, instead of sitting in front of the TV and really just playing Roblox on my phone.