New Year’s Resolutions….some of us make them, some of us don’t. But what are they, how successful are the outcomes and is there a timeframe where a lot of good intentions become hot air?
Check out the statistics as gathered by the University of Scranton and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in 2014.
| Rank | Top 10 New Years Resolutions for 2014 |
| 1 | Lose Weight |
| 2 | Getting Organized |
| 3 | Spend Less, Save More |
| 4 | Enjoy Life to the Fullest |
| 5 | Staying Fit and Healthy |
| 6 | Learn Something Exciting |
| 7 | Quit Smoking |
| 8 | Help Others in Their Dreams |
| 9 | Fall in Love |
| 10 | Spend More Time with Family |
| News Years Resolution Statistics | Data |
| Percent who usually make New Year’s Resolutions | 45% |
| Percent who infrequently make New Year’s Resolutions | 17% |
| Percent who absolutlely never make New Year’s Resolutions | 38% |
| Percent of people who are successful in achieving their resolution | 8% |
| Percent who have infrequent success | 49% |
| Percent who never succeed and fail on their resolution each year | 24% |
| 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) | Data |
| Self Improvement or education related resolutions | 47% |
| Weight related resolutions | 38% |
| Money related resolutions | 34% |
| Relationship related resolutions | 31% |
| Age Success Rates | Data |
| Percent of people in their twenties who achieve their resolution each year | 39% |
| Percent of people over 50 who achieve their resolution each year | 14% |
| Length of Resolutions | Data |
| Resolution maintained through first week | 75% |
| Past two weeks | 71% |
| Past one month | 64% |
| Past six months | 46% |
It’s January 6th, how well are yours going? Comments Welcome!
SOURCE: Statisticbrain/US Statistics
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