What Are Your Plans (Resolutions and Goals) for 2025?

🎉 What Are Your Plans (Resolutions and Goals) for 2025?

Have you ever set New Year’s resolutions or goals? As we look ahead to 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what you want to achieve—and understanding the difference between resolutions and goals can make all the difference.

A recent Forbes Health/OnePoll survey revealed some fascinating insights into how people are planning for the year ahead. Let’s dive in!

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📊 Key Findings from the Forbes Health/OnePoll Survey

Here’s what the survey of 1,000 U.S. adults uncovered:

• 🚨 62% feel pressured to set a New Year’s resolution.
  • Women (64%) feel slightly more pressured than men (60%).
• 🏋️‍♀️ Most common resolutions for 2024:
  • Improving fitness (48%)
  • Improving finances (38%)
  • Improving mental health (36%)
  • Weight loss (34%)
  • Improved diet (32%)
• ✅ Confidence is high:
  • 80% feel confident they’ll reach their goals.
  • Men are slightly more confident (82%) than women (79%).
• ❗ Accountability is dropping:
  • Only 20% of people hold themselves accountable (compared to 77% last year).
• 📱 Top tools for staying on track:
  • Fitness apps (49%)
  • Diet programs (46%)
  • Gym memberships (43%)
  • Habit-tracking apps (40%)

💡 Interestingly, 86% believe their resolutions will have a positive impact beyond 2024, with 57% expecting their impact to last three years or more!

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🧭 Resolutions vs. Goals: What’s the Difference?

Although the terms are often used interchangeably, resolutions and goals are not the same:

🎯 Resolutions:

• Broad commitments to change or self-improvement.
• Often lack specific action plans (e.g., "I want to be healthier").
• Serve as a general vision for what you want to achieve.

📋 Goals:

• Specific, measurable, and time-bound (e.g., "I’ll exercise 3x a week").
• Include actionable steps and milestones.
• Provide clarity and accountability for better follow-through.

✨ Resolutions set the intention, while goals create the framework to make those intentions a reality.

🚀 Ready to Crush 2025?

Whether you’re prioritizing fitness, mental health, or creating a balanced lifestyle, the key to success is setting goals that are clear, actionable, and aligned with your values.

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💪 Take a moment to reflect:

• What do you want to achieve this year?
• What steps will you take to turn your vision into reality?

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👉 Start 2025 strong! Make this the year you stick to your resolutions, achieve your goals, and create lasting positive change.

What are your plans for 2025? Drop your goals in the comments—we’d love to hear them!

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