{"id":11179,"date":"2025-01-10T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/?p=11179"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:43:48","slug":"new-year-same-me-fieldstons-new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/2025\/01\/new-year-same-me-fieldstons-new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNew Year, Same Me\u201d: Fieldston\u2019s New Year\u2019s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editors’ Note: If you need tips on sticking to resolutions (serious ones), see Ellie Usdin\u2019s How-To: Nailing New Year\u2019s: Five Tips on Making (and Sticking) to New Year\u2019s Resolutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed the fireworks, millions of people in diapers in Times Square and the new crowds in the gym, we are officially in 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you didn\u2019t know, all the emails flooding your inbox with new year, new us puns should clear that up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 brings a new president, (the same as 2017);  a new Super Bowl winner (most likely the same as last year, and the year before that); and (most likely) an Emmys Sweep by \u201cThe Bear\u201d (the same as last year, and, you get the idea\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when it comes to things new and fresh, look no further than Fieldston\u2019s 200 Girls bathroom\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some things we can predict, some we can\u2019t. Some things we can control, some we can\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we can predict, however, are the dependable Fieldston Community\u2019s New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Like clockwork, they appear in our notes app in January and disappear to the depths by March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serious and satirical, new and niche or old and consistent: community members shared their hopes, whims and fears for the New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some bravely aimed for a healthy \u201cclean girl aesthetic\u201d year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to be more confident,\u201d said Stella Brothers (Form V), who plans to utilize daily affirmations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saskia Sommer (Form V), also uses daily affirmations, specifically on the bus in the morning. She said, \u201cI want to go through life with joy and positivity,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing Sommer, I am positive she\u2019ll succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bret Lefkowitz (Form V) and Jeremy Walker (Form V), the dynamic duo known as \u201cBret and Jeremy\u201d plan to procrastinate less and eat healthier. Walker recommends grilled chicken, asparagus and brown rice as a nutritious dinner. Although, Christmas leftovers work too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not many, (in fact, very few) students remain as dedicated to the craft and artistry of resolutions as Ellie Usdin (Form VI). Happiness charts, bullet journals, reflections and scrapbooking: if you can think of it, Usdin\u2019s done it. She said simply, \u201cMy life is a New Year\u2019s resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other students, in terms of entertainment, said they needed to be more or less entertained, depending on who you asked. Nevertheless, all agreed their attention spans were \u201ccooked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to watch more movies and spend less time on Instagram reels,\u201d said Miranda Gluck (Form VI). In her spare time (aside from watching movie clips on Instagram reels), Gluck also wants to bake more, specifically macaroons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ava Clark (Form VI), said that besides being \u201ca baddie\u201d she plans to listen to a lot of Lana Del Rey. When asked which album, she gave the only correct answer: \u201cNorman F**king Rockwell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not so fast! There are still students who read books!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amelia Citron (Form VI) wants to finish the books she starts in the new year. \u201cI\u2019m in the middle of a bunch,\u201d she said. \u201cRight now, I\u2019m about to finish \u2018The Bell Jar\u2019 by Sylvia Plath.\u201d Citron highly recommends: \u201cIt\u2019s an immersive story. You forget who you are while reading,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some say the same about the Fieldston News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One cafeteria table, brimming with protein, focused on the most infamous resolution of all: exercise. Davis Williams (Form VI) wants to bench 250lbs, which his friend Will Saunders (Form VI) quickly topped by saying his enthusiastic goal of 355lb. Jaylin Francis (Form VI), a bonafide track star, simply wants \u201cto run faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, not all Fieldston students created resolutions. Some \u201cforgot,\u201d while others actually vehemently oppose the tradition. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in them,\u201d said Han Lane (Form V). \u201cThey\u2019re made to be broken and no one actually does them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True or false? Let\u2019s check back in next year (next week)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editors’ Note: If you need tips on sticking to resolutions (serious ones), see Ellie Usdin\u2019s How-To: Nailing New Year\u2019s: Five Tips on Making (and Sticking) to New Year\u2019s Resolutions In case you missed the fireworks, millions of people in diapers in Times Square and the new crowds in the gym, we are officially in 2025! And if you didn\u2019t know, all the emails flooding your inbox with new year, new us puns should clear that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":11181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,684],"tags":[],"coauthors":[429],"class_list":["post-11179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-satire"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/241231-nye-2-se-217p-5f10b2-e1737301364859.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11182,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11179\/revisions\/11182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11179"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}