You too should have resolutions

“To be successful, the first thing you need is to determine what you want and be ready to pay the price and remember: no man can ever be higher than his thoughts.”—Unknown Philosopher. This quote is a motivation for all of us to set resolutions by knowing what we want to achieve this year and working hard towards it no matter the price. Often times, teenagers tend to think that setting goals and resolutions is only for the working class people who are done with school. If one has been having the same mentality, they ought to think again! Setting aspirations and resolutions is no exception for teenagers. In order to live an organized and successful life, one has to have goals and be focused towards achieving them. Let us start with our daily routine goals at school. Usually, focused students who always have good grades, follow a schedule they have written down for themselves. They always have a timetable for the subjects they have to revise and, the day and time they are supposed to do so. These students always allot a specific time and day for discussions, doing their laundry and even set time aside for resting and playing. These are who I call smart and focused students. They rarely get it wrong since they have set resolutions and have an achievers’ spirit. Just like one writes down a time table to follow for their daily activities and subjects to read at school, this can even be made broader by setting annual resolutions. Patricia Umutoni, 17, a student at Rwamagana Lutheran School, says that this year, she is setting resolutions that she hopes to achieve. “I was promoted to senior three this year and my resolution is to excel and be among the very best students in my school and district. I will work harder than I have always done and consult teachers more often,”Umutoni said. Umutoni also wants to start saving in 2012 instead of spending most of her pocket money on only buying foodstuffs. “I have resolved to set aside some of my pocket money and save it. By the end of the year 2012, it will have accumulated so I will have enough to buy new clothes for my young sisters and myself,” she explains. Gloria Ikirezi, 16 a resident of Kabeza who studies from Uganda says that her main resolution this year is to please her parents and be more disciplined. Just like Gloria and Patricia, we should pick a leaf from them and set resolutions for things we want to achieve in 2012. m.kaitesi@yahoo.com