There are four types of goals/resolutions people make every year in January–

Financial goals

1. save money
2. spend less
3. trim expenses
4. get rid of (fill in the blank)
5. start a retirement fund
6. pay off debt
7. work on paying off debt
8. don’t incur any further debt

Health goals

1. lose weight
2. get healthy
3. join a gym
4. try a new diet
5. change lifestyle/habits
6. start counseling
7. quit drinking
8. quit smoking

Home Goals

1. buy a new home
2. sell your home
3. save for a home
4. fix current home

Work related goals

1. promotion
2. project completion
3. goals associated with boss/colleagues
4. make more money
5. change job
6. quit job

These are not comprehensive lists, but they are some of the top goals and resolutions under the headings-financial, health, home, and work.

Success at any one of them means picking 1-2 from each category and deciding short term or long term?

Here’s mine:

Financial–my #1 goal is to save more money, start an investment fund, and buy a new vehicle.

Health– special diet: increase vegetables (even ones I don’t like), more fiber, more cardio exercise.

Home- buy less of everything. Live a more simple, non-materialistic life.

Work– commute less, remote work the same or more, continue selling online (preparing for move, lightening the load), take a vacation.

The secret to fail-proof goal setting is to make realistic goals/resolutions that are short term or long term, adjust the terms as needed, and don’t look for ways out of them, but rather ways you can adjust/reset them to complete them/succeed at them/meet them.

Happy New Year to All!! and Happy, Healthy Goal-setting too!