Happy 2025. If you are like most Type A students at McGill, chances are you made a list of New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps you’ve also made a mood board, a list of predictions for the year, and a to-do list for the past week. You are not alone. About 49[Read More…]
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How to do the ‘To-Dos’
Every year we hear the same thing: “Start off the new year right by making a list of all the things you wish to accomplish during the coming 12 months!” And every year, that’s what we—at least I—do. For the past three years, my New Year’s “resolutions” or “goals” list[Read More…]
Resolving forward, for the year, and for more
The leap into the new year brings with it not only the start of the winter semester but the invocation behind your resolution: Ask not what 2023 can do for you, but what you can do for 2023. How do we make material promises, and start fresh from the ruins,[Read More…]
Point-counterpoint: New Year’s resolutions
The McGill Tribune contributors Favour Daka and James Li present their opinions on New Year’s resolutions. Favour Daka, Against: People often see the beginning of a new year as a time for reflection, when they can use the lessons of the past year as an incentive for positive change in[Read More…]
New Year’s resolutions
1. Aman Malhotra, U1 Arts and Science What was your last New Year’s resolution? Ironically, it was to avoid making unrealistic commitments. How young and naive I was. Did you maintain it? My hopeful pledge legitimately lasted until around teatime that very day, at which time I foolishly agreed to[Read More…]
