Health & Fitness Resolutions:

Weight Loss	43%
Exercise	15%
Diet & Nutrition (Non-Weight-Loss)	14%
Health & Wellness	11%
General Fitness	8%
Smoking, Drinking, Drugs, Caffeine	6%
Marathons/Competitions	2%
Cosmetic (breast implants, dental work, etc)	2%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To lose 10 pounds"
"To sleep better"
"To do a back walkover"
"To exercise 3 times a week"
"To eat lunch"
"To look after my skin"
"To reduce stress in my life"
"To wash my face every night"
"To become a non-smoker"
"To have a facial every three months"

Of Interest (Health & Fitness):

Weight loss is the #1 most common resolution, with the most common amount people want to lose being 10 pounds. We offer a pre-made GoalPlan, "To Lose 10 Pounds," to help people get started.

Career Resolutions:

New Job & Promotion	22%
Job Tasks & Performance (non-Sales)	22%
Authorship & Publishing	19%
Entrepreneurship	18%
Sales	8%
Income	7%
Other	3%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To become a professional stage actor"
"To become Creative Director"
"To leave my current job with dignity"
"To start my own business"
"To write and sell a screenplay"
"To set goals for my employees"

Of Interest (Career):

"To Start My Own Business" and "To Write and Sell a Screenplay" are two very popular goals for which we offer pre-made GoalPlans to help get people started.

Personal Growth & Interests:

Attitude, Motivation & State of Mind	22%
Hobbies, Activities & Interests	19%
Spirituality	17%
Improving Appearance	12%
Reading	11%
Writing	7%
Community	7%
Music	5%
Foreign Language	2%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To read the entire Bible in one year"
"To write a book for teens"
"To be enlightened"
"To learn Japanese"
"To obtain a black belt in kung fu"
"To take a salsa dance class with my wife"
"To establish a non-profit org"
"To get MY life back"

Personal Finance Resolutions:

Debt Retirement	43%
Save Money/Prepare for Retirement	15%
Income	10%
Investing	8%
Creating a Budget	4%
Wealth	2%
Taxes	2%
Other	16%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To become a millionaire at 50"
"To earn $48,000"
"To establish a stock portfolio"
"To stop spending money on motivational tapes"
"To pay off my debt"
"To make a budget to live on for two years"

Of Interest (Personal Finance):

"To Pay Off My Debt" is the second most popular resolution people set. We offer a pre-made GoalPlan, "To Pay Off My Debt," to help people get started.

Time Management & Organization Resolutions:

Time Management	28%
Getting Organized	21%
Habits	18%
Projects	14%
Cleaning & Reducing Clutter	10%
Goals About Setting Goals	8%
Productivity	2%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To organize my closet"
"To stop losing things"
"To keep a journal"
"To write my master life plan"
"To be early for work"

Family & Relationship Resolutions:

Family	58%
Relationships & Friends	20%
Social Skills & Image	22%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To initiate conversation more often and listen"
"To be faithful"
"To spend more time with my family"
"To call my sister once a week"
"To initiate sex more often"

Of Interest (Family & Relationships):

"To Spend More Time with My Family" is a very popular goal for which we offer a pre-made GoalPlan.

Education & Training Resolutions:

Degrees	38%
Learn Skill/Take Course	32%
Test, Certificate & License	16%
Success in School	11%
Other	3%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To finish my dissertation"
"To learn how to swim"
"To become fluent in Spanish"
"To go back to school for my CPA"
"To get a nursing degree"
"To become a Cisco CCNA"
"To become a certified yoga teacher"

Of Interest (Education & Training):

Fifty-five percent of the degree-related goals sampled were seeking graduate degrees.

Home Improvement & Real Estate Resolutions:

Home Improvement	46%
Buying a Home	33%
Other	10%
Buying Rental Property	8%
Moving	2%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To landscape the yard"
"To replace the dead cypress trees"
"To buy a house"
"To finish remodeling the kitchen"
"To buy a rural property"

Of Interest (Home Improvement & Real Estate):

We observed a dramatic increase in the number of goals related to buying rental properties (see quote above), jumping from approximately 10% to 33% of all goals set in the Home Improvement & Real Estate category.

Recreation & Leisure Resolutions:

Travel & Vacations	31%
Golf	23%
Miscellaneous Activities	46%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To learn to swing dance"
"To learn to play golf"
"To spend more time outdoors"
"To buy a boat"
"To backpack through Europe"
"To take my wife to Venice"