Health & Fitness Resolutions:

Weight Loss	44%
Health & Wellness	13%
Exercise	12%
General Fitness	12%
Sports/Events	7%
Smoking, Drinking, Drugs, Caffeine	5%
Cosmetic Enhancement	4 %
Diet & Nutrition (Non-Weight-Loss)	2%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To lose 10 pounds"
"To sleep better"
"To be strong, sexy, and energetic!"
"To join the gym and go 3 times a week"
"To walk 30 minutes 3 times per week"
"To be immortal"
"To reduce stress in my life"
"To wash my face every night"
"To quit taking drugs"
"To run the New York City marathon"

Of Interest (Health & Fitness):

The most common amount of weight people want to lose is 10 pounds.
Quitting smoking is an extremely rare goal among users of this service.
Most goals related to competitive sports involve marathons and triathalons.

Career Resolutions:

Entrepreneurship	27%
New Job & Promotion	22%
Authorship & Publishing	17%
Job Tasks & Performance (non-Sales)	15%
Sales	10%
Other	10%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To get a job in a CPA firm"
"To coach high-school football"
"To join the Army Reserve"
"To improve new hire retention"
"To start my own business"
"To write and sell a screenplay"
"To join the NYPD"

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:

Writing	24%
Hobbies, Activities & Interests	19%
Attitude, Motivation & State of Mind	18%
Spirituality	16%
Community	10%
Reading	8%
Music	6%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To read two books per month"
"To become a yoga master"
"To learn to play the guitar"
"To live an adventurous, playful life"
"To keep a weekly journal"
"To start karate classes"
"To grow my own vegetables"
"To mentor a child"

Personal Finance Resolutions:

Debt Retirement	48%
Income	19%
Wealth	7%
Investing	7%
Taxes	4%
Other	14%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To pay off my debt"
"To stick to a budget"
"To prepare my taxes on time"
"To have a net worth of $1,000,000"
"To understand personal finances"
"To make $175,000 per year"

Of Interest (Personal Finance):

"To Pay Off My Debt" is the single 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:

Cleaning & Reducing Clutter	30%
Getting Organized	21%
Time Management	16%
Habits	9%
Projects	9%
Goals About Setting Goals	9%
Productivity	7%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To pay my bills online"
"To be punctual"
"To keep my car clean and maintained"
"To organize my photo albums"
"To set up a home filing system"

Family & Relationship Resolutions:

Family	39%
Relationships & Friends	39%
Social Skills & Image	18%
Pets	9%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To send my wife flowers periodically"
"To be a better listener"
"To make some friends"
"To have a close, healthy, loving family"
"To spend more time with my family"

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	48%
Learn Skill/Take Course	22%
Test, Certificate & License	13%
Success in School	9%
Other	9%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To earn my master's degree"
"To get an associate's degree in art"
"To get into law school"
"To select an MBA program"
"To get my driver's license"
"To complete 6.001 at MIT OpenCourseWare"
"To learn HTML"

Of Interest (Education & Training):

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

Home Improvement & Real Estate Resolutions:

Buying Rental Property	33%
Home Improvement	33%
Buying a Home	11%
Moving	11%
Other	11%

Actual goals people have recently set in this category:

"To buy our first home"
"To move out of the basement"
"To buy a 20-unit rental property"
"To buy a cabin on the river"
"To build a room onto my house"

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"