New Year's Resolutions Check In

[ysabetwordsmith]

We made it through the second week of January. This is enough to get a better grasp of progress with New Year's resolutions. It's also into the period of rapid die-off. We have reached the second Friday in January, also known as Quitter's Day because so many people give up their New Year's resolutions then. Watch for the parallel check in post over on goals_on_dw.

Feel free to copy the idea of a New Year's resolution check-in to your blog or other venue, to encourage yourself and your friends. Many people find that social support helps maintain resolutions. This is one area where online activity works as well as or better than facetime activity. Apps work too, with trackers for most popular goal categories. Consider the pros and cons of getting your friends to help. Here on Dreamwidth we have awesomeers and do_it that may prove helpful for social support of goals. Some craft communities like get_knitted and justcreate also have check-in posts.

According to an email from Facebook, the survey found that those who shared their New Year's resolution on Facebook were 36 percent more likely to stick to it. Additionally, 52 percent of those surveyed agreed that sharing their resolutions with others is helpful when it comes to accomplishing them. In my experience, saying (or posting) things out loud definitely makes them feel more real. Plus, if other people know about a goal you're trying to achieve, it may motivate you to keep working at it so you can provide future updates on your progress.

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Your Resolutions

How are your resolutions going?

These are the top New Year's resolutions in America for 2026:
1) To exercise more (48%)
2) To save more money (46%)
3) To eat healthier (45%)
4) To spend more time with family/friends (42%)
5) To lose weight (31%)
6) To improve job performance (24%)
7) To do more for the environment (24%)
8) To reduce job stress (22%)

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Have you had challenges keeping up with your resolutions? If so, how did you solve them? What are your favorite ways to maintaining your motivation and momentum?

Check your goals for their positive-negative framing. Studies show that positive framing works better. The subconscious, like the universe, doesn't understand "no" very well. It grasps "do" a lot better.


You can share a summary of your progress in a comment below, or link to a progress report in your blog.

Comments

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

See my goals for 2026 here. My accomplishments this week:

Completed (2)

Begun (1)

View my detailed progress report with a list of individual goals completed or begun.

[dragonjournal]

My goals for 2026

I've begun all of them, save the lamb. But, I'm a little stalled because my brain will not focus on Narissia. It needs to, and won't.

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I've begun all of them, save the lamb.<<

Yay!

... you could pick a recipe for the lamb, that would count as beginning the goal.

>> But, I'm a little stalled because my brain will not focus on Narissia. It needs to, and won't.<<

That's frustrating. Revisions are hard.

[jake67jake]

I’m doing pretty good with my trackers and my “intentional” word. I haven’t had time to just sit and think about some additional goals. I haven’t my therapist checking me on my trackers and I re-started the Finch app to help with some smaller tasks and habits.

I’m pleased so far and at this time last year I was already floundering … so I’m happy that I’m better this year.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I’m doing pretty good with my trackers and my “intentional” word.<<

Go you!

>> I haven’t had time to just sit and think about some additional goals.<<

That's okay. It's fine to make goals at other times. It's also fine to decide that what you already have is plenty.

>>I’m pleased so far and at this time last year I was already floundering … so I’m happy that I’m better this year.<<

Everyone flounders sometimes. Last year, after a few months I was having a serious Worm problem with my check-in posts. So this year I'm trying a different approach.