Over 57% Have New Year’s Resolutions for 2023

New Year’s resolutions are popular at the start of the year. People take the opportunity to set goals for the year ahead with the intention of making positive changes in their lives.

For many, making a New Year’s resolution is a way to reflect on the past year and identify areas of their life they would like to improve. In many societies, making New Year’s resolutions is a common practice. Some see it as a tradition, and for others, it is simply a way to start the new year off on the right foot.

Unfortunately, many people fail to achieve their resolutions. According to some estimates, as many as 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail. Generally, people find it difficult to follow through on resolutions and may have to make adjustments along the way.

Despite the challenges and failures of achieving them in the past, still, it is common for people to make New Year’s resolutions every year.

Real Research, an online survey app, launched a survey on the New Year’s resolutions to gather general information on the matter.

Highlights

• 37.11% have always met the end goal of their New Year’s resolutions.
• 14.52% want to practice self-care as part of their New Year’s resolutions.
• laziness usually gets in the way of their New Year’s resolutions, say 11.11%.

New Year’s 2023 Resolutions

Survey reports reveal 57.85% of respondents have already made their 2023 resolutions. 28.56 % plan to make one once the month of December enters, whereas 7.69 % plan to wait until the end of the month of December. Only 5.89% do not make their New Year’s resolutions.

Also Read: Survey on New Year’s Plans for 2022

Who’s Reached the End Goals for New Year’s Resolutions?

Some people may be making progress on their New Year’s resolutions, while others may have already given up on them.

Among the survey respondents, 37.11% have always met the end goal of their New Year’s resolutions. 33.39% had met sometimes, 19.96% rarely did, and 9.54% never did.

New Year, New “Me”

There are many areas of life that people might wish to transform as part of their New Year’s resolutions. Based on the survey results, a majority (14.52%) want to practice self-care, followed by those who want to pursue a new career (12.53%) and those who want to save more money (10.96%).

It is common for people to struggle to stick to their New Year’s resolutions. Survey findings show it is still the majority (14.89%) that fail to practice self-care. Others (11.84%) fail to pursue a new career, and some (10.4%) give up trying to save money.

Why Is It Difficult To Stick to Resolutions?

There are many reasons why people also discontinue their New Year’s resolutions.

According to a large number of survey respondents (11.11%), laziness usually gets in the way. Financial constraints (8.72%) and the lack of planning (7.54%) were also reported to contribute to the failure. Even so, 10.64% have never discontinued their New Year’s resolutions.