{"id":5524,"date":"2016-01-05T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/01\/05\/campus-talk-wat-zijn-jouw-goede-voornemens\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:19","slug":"campus-talk-wat-zijn-jouw-goede-voornemens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/01\/05\/campus-talk-wat-zijn-jouw-goede-voornemens\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Talk: What are your New Year\u2019s resolutions?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At Christmas time the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated, on New Year\u2019s Eve we celebrate the birth of our resolutions. According to research, 80 percent of the Dutch population has resolutions for 2016. Some of them will work out in the gym to lose weight. Others resolve to skip a party now and then. For many people, a small change isn\u2019t enough, most of the time we want to change radically. EM spoke to students about their resolutions for 2016. Are they fooling themselves or is the first of January indeed the beginning of a new way of life?<\/p>\n

Kevin Badloe, 20-year-old student of Tax Law <\/h3>
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\u201cEven though it\u2019s clich\u00e9, I do have New Year\u2019s resolutions. I\u2019m not the guy to run straight to the gym in the New Year. My plan is to start next month, when it will hopefully be nice and quiet. I feel that I am developing. I won\u2019t give up: I set a target, accomplish it, and move on to the next. I\u2019ve learned to play the harmonica and would like to combine this with beatboxing. Afterwards, I want to eat healthy food only. It may sound ambitious that everything is planned for next month. However, it doesn\u2019t make a difference to me. You shouldn\u2019t simply set a goal and then try to accomplish it. No, I\u2019ll just do it! \u201c<\/p>\n

Catarina Grin, 22-year-old master student of Marketing Management from Moldova<\/h3>
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\u201cI hope that together we can make 2016 the best year so far, but to be honest I hoped the same for last year as well. In the New Year, I really would like to receive my Master\u2019s and start my career in the world of marketing. Currently I am working for the Erasmus Sport promo team, and I\u2019ll motivate others to achieve their New Year\u2019s resolution. Everyone can make resolutions, but being strict to yourself and to keep trying to accomplish them, isn\u2019t for everyone. I accomplished pretty much all the goals I set last year. I succeeded in finishing my bachelor, found a nice job and I don\u2019t need financial support from my parents anymore. \u201c<\/p>\n

Laurens Ras, 20-year-old student of Business Economics<\/h3>
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\u201cI don\u2019t really have resolutions for the New Year. Which is nice, because you can\u2019t fail. Of course, I know some things that I hope to happen, for example finishing my bachelor program. Last year I didn\u2019t have resolutions as well. I know myself what I want to achieve, and it doesn\u2019t matter to me when it doesn\u2019t happen on the first day of the year. If I were to pick a resolution for us all, it would be something that really matters and should be improved: combating the waste of energy. That\u2019s something you won\u2019t benefit from individually, but all of us will. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\t

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