My New Year's Resolutions - 2021 by John

My New Year's Resolutions - 2021 by John - December 2020 Scholarship Essay

Academic success starts with taking care of my body and mind within the framework of God. My high school focused on a well-balanced life including mind, body, and spirit. And I believe all of these are necessary in order to have a successful life. My New Year’s resolutions are to refresh my relationship with God and make decisions to keep myself healthy. If I can do these things, I will be successful at my third New Year’s resolution of success in the classroom.

First, I want to improve my relationship with God, I want to continue and enhance my daily prayers. I accepted Christ as my savior in 2019. After suffering from a prolonged illness of mononucleosis during my junior year of high school; I recovered and achieved success during my last year of high school and was accepted into an awesome university. My resolution is to live in a manner that demonstrates my love of the Lord, family, and friends.

Secondly, I want to take care of my body and stay healthy. I don’t want to get Covid-19 again or pass it to others, I plan to continue to always wear my mask and properly keep my distance from others. During my freshman fall semester I put on extra weight. I am no longer competing in my swimming and my body is not as fit. I stayed in the dorms most of the time for virtual classes and exercised inconsistently. My resolution is to exercise more consistently eat healthier foods, so I may have the needed energy for late-night studies, focused reading, memorization and learning of facts for my college courses.

Third, I resolve to be successful in the classroom. I plan to know from day 1 of spring semester when assignments are due, when tests will be given, the process of taking tests for particular classes and whether the test is online and if so, when it opens and when it closes. I learned a valuable lesson during fall semester that the window of beginning test taking is limited. I plan to manage my time in a way that I’m on top of the assignments and not catching up. By knowing when assignments are due, I plan to never be late or miss any assignment.

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