Keep One Resolution

This year, keep one. Just one.

Last January, you wrote a list. By spring, none of it stuck.

61 days until January 1, 2027.

Rather say it in your own words? Ask here.

One real pick: I felt drained a lot.

Take a short walk: 30 min, 4x a week.

Week one · Sat 9am, at the park, with Alex

Woman with her chin on her hand, looking down at a notebook on the table
The January list
Two friends talking on a walk in the park
Two friends, one walk
Family laughing together around a kitchen table
Breakfast, together

Why this one sticks

  • One pick. Not fifty. Most lists quit by February.
  • Sized to your week. In minutes you actually have.
  • A first move. For week one, not a wish.
  • An if-then plan. Gollwitzer: “If 9am, then I walk” (94 tests).
  • One dot a week. 52 dots. No streak to break.

Norcross tracked it: 46% still going at six months.

One real pick, start to finish

Say your year felt like this:

Body and health I felt drained a lot. 2 hours a week I just forgot to do it.

Why this pick: Drained, in body and health, points to a walk. Two hours sizes the dose. Forgot before, so the plan adds an alarm.

Take a short walk: 30 min, 4x a week.

First move, week one

Put your shoes by the front door. Walk 30 min right after a meal.

Your week one plan

Sat 9am, at the park, with Alex

If it gets hard

Set a phone alarm for session days. Same time, same sound.

Your time

This plan uses all 120 minutes offered.

It ends with a note to future you. This one opens:

“Dear future me, I felt drained a lot back then. My pick was Take a short walk.”

How it works

  1. You pick one area. Body, money, home, work, family, calm.
  2. You say what felt hard. And what made past plans fail.
  3. You pick your time. Thirty minutes, two hours, or five.
  4. You get one plan. One move, sized to your time.
  5. You name week one. Day, time, place, person. Or skip it.

One plan only. You get one, not a list of ten.

Your note stays here. It saves as a card on this device.

Common questions

How long does it take?

About one minute. Four short questions.

One optional line names week one.

What New Year's resolution can I keep?

One is easier to keep than a list.

Is it free?

Yes. It is free for good.

No ads. No accounts.

What we don't do

Reminders and signup stay off: we send no reminder emails, and there is no email signup.

Your plan and note live in this browser only — they stay off our servers.

Made by a dad, on the side

I'm Billy, a dad in Redmond, Washington. I build these tools on the side, with AI — one idea, one website, no company behind it. Keep One Resolution holds it to one resolution, sized to a real week, because lists die by spring.

Your plan is set

Your one resolution

First move, week one

If it gets hard

Your time

Why this plan can stick

  • Your guard line is an if-then plan. Gollwitzer found naming the moment first lifts follow-through.
  • Your first move is tiny on purpose. Fogg: small starts you cannot skip beat dreaded ones.
  • Your check-in is you watching you. People who track their own record keep going longer.

Make it stick: your tactics

1. Pick your cue

Tie your move to a moment that already happens every day.

2. Your if-then plan

Pick a cue above, and your plan writes itself here.

3. Pick your check-in rhythm

Your picks join your check-in text below. They save on this device only.

Your weekly check-in


    
    

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Your lock-screen picture

Your pick and your first move, as one picture. 52 dots, one for each week.

A note to future you

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Your note stays in this browser. It never leaves your device.