New Year's resolutions, with a plan
Make 2027count
Resolutions usually fade because they're too big and too vague. Here's a simple way to set goals you'll still be working on in December, and a free app that does the remembering for you.
Five steps to resolutionsthat last
- 1
Pick a few, not ten. One goal per area of your life that matters this year is plenty. Health, career, a person, a skill, money: choose the ones you'd be proud of in December.
- 2
Choose how you'll track each one. Some goals are steps to finish, like a race or a trip. Some are habits, like reading or calling home. Some are a number to reach by a date. Tracking each the right way is half the battle.
- 3
Make the first step tiny. Start so small it feels effortless: sign up for the 5K, book the first lesson, open the savings account. Momentum beats motivation.
- 4
Keep Today's Three in front of you. Each night, pick up to three things you want to improve tomorrow, and keep them on your Lock Screen so they're the first thing you see.
- 5
Reflect, and change course without guilt. Every week or two, write a line about how each goal is going. Some goals will turn out not to matter, and moving on from those is progress too.
More on the why in How to actually stick to your New Year's resolutions and How to break down big goals into smaller steps.
Resolution ideasalready broken down
One for each of Resolutely's built-in areas of life, set up the way the app tracks them. Steal any of them.
HealthSteps
Run a half marathon
- Run a 5K without stopping
- Run 10K
- Sign up for the race
- Run 10 miles
- Race day
HealthTarget
Get to 175 lbs
- Lower is better
- Weigh in from Apple Health
- See the pace you need each week
PersonalSteps
Plan a trip to Japan
- Pick the cities
- Book flights
- Book the Kyoto hotel
- Learn 50 phrases
EducationTarget
Read 24 books
- Running total: each book adds one
- Two a month keeps you on pace
RelationshipsHabit
Call my parents
- Once a week
- 75% consistency is on track
- Missed weeks don't erase the good ones
FinanceTarget
Save $10,000
- Running total of each deposit
- See if you're ahead or behind for December
A resolution trackerfor the whole year
Resolutely is free on iPhone. Set your goals as steps, habits or targets, keep Today's Three on your Lock Screen, reflect as you go, and watch your year grow from a seed into a tree. No account, no ads.
Scan with your iPhone's camera to get Resolutely.
