It’s been said that a New Year’s resolution is bound to be broken.
Maybe people set the bar too high. My favorite acknowledgment of that is the one that goes, “My New Year’s resolution list usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and a thousand pounds.” It turns out that losing weight has perennially been No. 1 on New Year’s resolution lists, and that was true this year too.
How do we know? As part of our annual Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index (those results will be available January 21st) we ask about what consumers planned for their New Year’s resolutions in 2019. The first 10 are “perennials.” The next ten vary somewhat year-to-year, although this is the first year #12 and #13 showed up!
- Lose weight
- Eat healthier
- Exercise more
- Keep my resolutions more than a week
- Get organized
- Save more
- Get out of debt
- Spend more time with my family
- Be a better person/volunteer
- Quit smoking
- Spend less time on Facebook
- Watch fewer news shows
- Get more politically involved
- Drink less
- Find a new hobby
- Get a new job
- Read more
- Find a new relationship
- Travel more
- Stress less
Maybe if you can keep #12 and #13, #14 will be inevitable! Maybe #20, too.
Anyway, for 2019 62% of consumers plan to make resolutions. That’s up 4% from last year. On average, only 10% are successful. Maybe that number would be higher if they were called something else, like “New Year’s casual promises” or “Things you think would be a good thing to do but are under no legal obligation to fulfill.”
Or maybe it’s just like Mark Twain said. “Now is the accepted time to make your annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.”
We wish you success in your 2019 endeavors. Whatever’s on your list.
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