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Happy New Year!
The month is only half over and so I know some of you have put your New Year’s resolution into full swing. Some of you may be struggling a bit. A long time ago I decided that instead of giving something up, I would work on something for me, my family, or my world. Forbes says that only 8% of us will keep our resolution for more than 6 months. So I want to ask you what your resolution is. How do you plan to keep it? If you need help working on a tangible goal that you will actually keep let me know. Some ideas might include
Top 10 New Year’s resolutions for 2017 Lose Weight / Healthier Eating 21.4% Life / Self Improvements 12.3% Better Financial Decisions 8.5% Quit Smoking 7.1% Do more exciting things 6.3% Spend More Time with Family / Close Friends 6.2% Work out more often 5.5% Learn something new on my own 5.3% Do more good deeds for others 5.2% Find the love of my life 4.3 Find a better job 4.1% Other 13.8% News Years Resolution Statistics Percent of Americans who usually make New Year's Resolutions 41 % Percent of Americans who infrequently make New Year's Resolutions 17 % Percent of Americans who absolutely never make New Year's Resolutions 42 % Percent of people who felt they were successful in achieving their resolution 9.2 % Percent who have infrequent success 48.4 % Percent who never succeed and fail on their resolution each year 42.4 % People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't explicitly make resolutions Type of Resolutions (Percent above 100% because of multiple resolutions - 1,129 Respondents) Self-Improvement or education related resolutions 44.3 % Weight related resolutions 32.4 % Money related resolutions 42.1 % Relationship related resolutions 22.8 % Age Success Rates Percent of people in their twenties who achieve their resolution each year 37.8 % Percent of people over 50 who achieve their resolution each year 16.3 % Length of Resolutions Resolutions maintained through first week 72.6 % Past two weeks 68.4 % Past one month 58.4 % Past six months 44.8 % Happy New Year!
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