New Trends for 2003 New Year's Resolutions

Do you have a New Year's resolution? myGoals.com just announced its annual predictions describing what types of resolutions people are expected to make for the New Year's season. See how yours compares to others...

myGoals.com bases its predictions on the current year's third quarter goal-setting activity. According to company data, people's resolutions are expected to break down as follows:

A Sign of the Times
"Jobs are what's on everybody's mind, period," said Greg Helmstetter, CEO of myGoals.com. Last New Year's, only 9% of people's resolutions were career-related. For New Year's 2003, however, a massive 27% of the goals set are expected to be career-related.

"The dramatic increase in work-related goals are not just about getting jobs, but in particular, doing well at current jobs," said Helmstetter. "People are focusing on acquiring new skills and increasing their sales, productivity, and profitability. It's a real sign of the times."

Career goals are expected to surpass "Health & Fitness" (which comprises ever-popular weight-loss goals) as the most popular goal-setting category. Other noteworthy trends include a significant drop in goals related to personal finance.

"Personal finance is naturally an important category to goal-minded people," said Helmstetter, "and we are seeing a lot of people wanting to pay down their debt. But like everyone else, our audience is much less interested in the stock market than they used to be. It's as though they all decided that the way to make money is to roll up their sleeves and go make it themselves."

Tips for making good New Year's Resolutions are available at: www.mygoals.com/about/NewYearsTips.html