50 New Year’s Resolutions For You

Feeling bogged after chomping your way through the Quality Streets tin these holidays? All burnt out after binge-watching Home Alone for the fifth time this week? Already over spending another day this Christmas with slightly bonkers Aunt Maggie?

Move over Christmas, it’s time to kick off the new year with a bang. And we don’t mean a firework display.

Here at RateMyPlacement.co.uk, we know all that students really want is a complete list of new year’s resolutions that tick every box. Fifty to be exact.

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10 resolutions for a productive year…

• Attend every 9am this year… every single one.
• Reply to your emails (even the junk ones if you fancy it).
• Treat yourself to a stationery set (go crazy on the highlighters).
• Update your CV (or create one if you haven’t).
• Find a placement, internship or insight scheme.
• Become a brand ambassador. You’ll also get paid!
• Organise your folders with colour-coded tabs.
• Note your achievements at the end of every day.
• Discover who the 100 Best Student Employers are.
• Write the perfect internship cover letter.

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10 Resolutions for a healthy year…

• Buy a whole cabbage and eat it in one sitting.
• Do some lunges whilst waiting for your lecture to begin.
• Buy a gym membership (that you will probably stop using by February).
• Ditch the chocolate. Have a carrot instead.
• Drink water. This is just basic survival advice.
• Go for a morning jog (30 minutes at least or it doesn’t count).
• Remove any toxicity from your life (except if it’s Britney related of course).
• Bake cupcakes. But don’t eat them.
• Run a marathon. Or one-tenth of a marathon.
• Try an exotic fruit every week (apples do NOT count).

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 10 Resolutions for a wholesome year…

• Volunteer at your local charity shop.
• Befriend an elderly person. Your grandparents don’t count.
• Cuddle a doggo (and then give them a treat).
• Leave a nice note inside your library book for the next reader.
• Bake and build a gingerbread house.
• Have a movie marathon. Rom-coms get bonus points.
• Have an indoor picnic (yes, that’s just a meal on the floor).
• Help out at your local conservation centre #SaveTheBees
• Play monopoly, without tipping the board.
• Give a compliment to a friend each day. Even if you have to lie.

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Don’t need a resolution? Fancy some work experience instead?

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 10 resolutions for a random year…

• Write a weekly turnip related haiku.
• Visit a fortune teller and give them a fortune reading.
• Dig a hole in the garden. Then fill it back up.
• Have a midnight snack every day of the year.
• Get a piercing (or a tattoo). Or both.
• Go to a concert for an artist whose music you’ve never heard.
• Plan three DIY projects to complete.
• Start and finish a 1000-piece puzzle.
• Cook a five-course meal.
• Make your bed five out of seven days a week.

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 10 resolutions for a memorable year…

• Print off a map. Close your eyes. Point at it. Go and visit where you land.
• Learn a new language. In 6 months.
• Attempt to break a world record.
• Go on holiday with nothing but a single backpack.
• Dance the night away under the stars.
• Land your dream work experience.
• Build IKEA furniture, without the instructions!
• Dye your hair. Preferably navy blue or pink.
• Party non-stop for a whole 24 hours.
• Audition for a theatre show.

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That’s fifty new year resolutions to keep you entertained (and very busy) for the next twelve months. Maybe you want to give the cabbage eating a miss, but don’t miss out on landing some work experience.

It might seem tricky to obtain at first, but like climbing up a downward escalator, you’ll gain a great sense of achievement once you’ve done it.

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