Keep One Resolution

Resolutions you should not keep

This site picks one resolution you can keep.

Pick my one resolution

First, the honest no.

Five moves live in your area. Four get a no, each with its reason. One is left standing.

One real showdown, 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.

Cook a real meal

30 min, 4x a week

This is the move for things piling up. You said you felt drained. Your weeks would go to the wrong problem, and the one you named would still be waiting.

Do a short workout

30 min, 4x a week

This one treats feeling stuck. Your words: you felt drained. On a hard day this is the first plan you would skip, because it was never about your day.

Stretch your whole body

20 min, 5x a week

The move for drifting from good habits. You named you felt drained instead. Nothing in your week would tell you it is working, because the change would happen somewhere you were not hurting.

Walk with a friend

30 min, 4x a week

That move answers feeling alone. Stated plainly: you felt drained. The mornings that made you pick this quiz would feel exactly the same.

The one left standing

Take a short walk

30 min, 4x a week

Built for feeling drained, in your words. Week one starts at 15 min. The plan below guards your weak spot.

First move, week one

Step 1: set a phone alarm. Step 2: Put your shoes by the front door. Walk 15 min right after a meal.

Your if-then

My cue: after lunch. Then I will take a short walk.

If it gets hard

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

Your time

This plan uses all 120 minutes you offered.

The four kinds of no

Your four nos depend on your answers.

Get my honest no

Or say it in your own words

Tell the ask page your year in a line or two. The same engine picks from your words.

Common questions

Which resolutions should I not keep?

Four of the five moves in your area.

Each gets a no, each with its reason.

One is left standing.

Why does the picker say no first?

Lists die by spring.

One kept move beats a list you quit in February.

What do I get after the nos?

One plan, sized to your time.

A first move for week one.

One guard for hard days.

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