According to blog.experiencepoint.com, statistics show that only 8-10% of people achieve their goals each year.

Junior Daisy Gutierrez could say she is one of them. “My resolution was to keep my grades above an 80%. I would say I completed it for the most part,” said Daisy.

Setting resolutions that reflect your values and long-term aspirations can help connect your goals according to forbes.com.

“My resolutions this year were to spend more time with my family, get all my grades up to an A, and to start going to the gym more,” said junior Adrina Rodriguez.

Mentioned in the source psychologytoday.com, successful people approach failure as feedback.

“I did spend more time with my family, I just took small steps and measures to be able to ensure I was making the right choice to see my family more,” said Adrina. ‘The problem is that I focused too much on that one goal and it got in the way of the others.”

One reason stated in pyschologytoday.com why resolutions fail is because they can be too vague or unrealistic.

“I really just wanted to better myself, get better at football, and to improve my family relationships,” said sophomore Audrick Stiles. “I am not the person I want to be yet, but I would say I did get better at football and did grow my relationship with family.”

As far as looking into the future, one of the things health teacher/football coach/track coach Daniel Rodriguez says it is something people are missing to making their resolutions.

“If you have a goal without a plan, its just a dream,” said Rodriguez. “You can’t say your going to achieve something and not have a map on how to get there. so you want to make sure you have that map very detailed and organized.”

The second thing Rodriguez mentioned about the future was how you are going to set it up.

“Students should focus on health related goals as far as improving your mental health, your social health, and your physical health, so implementing goals that are going to help you within those dimensions will help you achieve the health that you need to set up your future,” said Rodriguez.

Advice stated by Rodriguez includes listening to your parents and reaching out to them when looking for advice.

“Teenagers are at a stage where they think they know it all and think that their parents don’t,” said Rodriguez. “But your parents are the one set of individuals that want nothing but the best for you. Sometimes they’re hard, sometimes they don’t know how to relate to you or get a point across to you but their intentions are good.”