What New Year’s Resolution Did You Keep? How Did You Do It? [Survey]

With all the hope and optimism the new year brings, millions of people make resolutions when the clock strikes midnight every year on Dec. 31,.

They vow to lose 50 pounds, get into shape for a triathlon, learn Mandarin or some other language, get out from under a pile of debt, or just be better people. They may mean it at the time. But can they maintain the momentum to meet the challenges they’ve set for themselves?

Some resolvers are as good as their word to themselves.

A YouGuv poll in March found 70 percent of Americans who had made resolutions in 2024 had mostly or entirely kept them, and 22 percent expected to stick with them throughout the year. Some longitudinal research, including this study, suggests that nearly 20 percent of people who make resolutions have made lasting changes.

There are myriad reasons why New Year’s resolutions fail, such as unrealistic goals or the lack of a plan on how to achieve them. But we’re more interested in what it takes to be counted among the nearly 1 in 5 people who keep their New Year’s promises to themselves.

If you kept your resolution, whether at the start of this year or any other year, how did you do it? And what advice do you have for others who may be setting goals for 2025?

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Editor’s note: This survey closed on Dec. 30.