New Year's Resolution 2026

    As a teacher, I make my New Year's resolutions at the start of every academic year, rather than the start of the calendar year. As tomorrow is the first day of work for teachers in my school district, that means my resolutions for 2026-2027 start this week.

    I have often struggled to maintain or sustain resolutions, just as many people do, with any sort of new, "better" habit. I have made them too vague or too ambitious. I have focused on X when the problem was actually Y. I have flaked, forgotten, and failed over and over again.

    But this year, I am going to stick to it, because it's just so darn simple.

    This year I resolve to not bring my phone into the bathroom with me.