Tag: resolutions
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New Term, New Goals
By: Anna Sobczyk Going through pictures from this last term showed me that I have fallen out of touch with some friends. I consoled myself by thinking this hadn’t happened purposely, but more out of necessity with our busy schedules. I spent Fall term trying to find a new balance between my personal and academic…
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New Year, Same Resolutions
By: Anna Sobczyk I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions for a simple reason: I have made the same resolution for about five years in a row without ever completing it. For years, my goal was to complete an unassisted pull-up from a dead-hang. Every year, I continued with my usual patterns of…
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Living the Dream
By: Sharon Nellist One of my favorite things about Portland State University is how we are incredibly diverse. I have had the opportunity to meet so many new people from all sorts of backgrounds. I have been exposed to various cultures by those interactions right in my PSU backyard. January 18 was no different than…
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The Happiness Project
I think people are missing the point with New Year’s Resolutions. They’re always the same: lose weight, spend less money, stay organized, etc. Though, aren’t those full of negativity in a sense? We’re telling, well, commanding ourselves to be and do certain things in an instant. No wonder we can never stick with them. Instead, why not…
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Less is more in 2012
Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year? Are you counting down the days until you break it? You’re not alone! I too am a victim of this apparent unreachable goal. Just six days into the New Year, I’ve already broken my resolution. This year I chose to give up fatty food and get…