New Year's resolutions

Margin Notes: When did New Year’s resolutions get a price tag?

December 3, 2025

As we’re nearing 2026, conversations naturally shift into wishes and dreams for the new year. It’s a time to learn new things, pick up new hobbies and “rebrand” ourselves into betterness. But...

Warren’s World: Northwestern athletics’ new decade resolutions

January 7, 2020

New Year’s resolutions tend to be boring, unfulfilled cliches that people forget by the time the calendar flips to February. But the start of a new decade allows for different goals that — for the...

Gates: Simple New Year’s resolutions work best

January 11, 2015

It’s been 11 days since 2015 kicked off and an estimated 40 percent of Americans made New Year’s resolutions. But how many Americans have held true to their resolutions? As college students, many...

Hayes: Rethinking New Year’s

January 8, 2014

What is your New Year’s resolution? Can you even remember it after the eight whole days that have elapsed since New Year’s Day? That mild case of amnesia emanating from the late-night blur during the...

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