enjoy life in 2010

With 2010 underway, the latest findings from a nationwide study by CitySocialising, which polled over 4000 of its members from cities across the UK about their new year resolutions, have revealed that 77% of women, compared to just 67% of men, will be making at least one resolution this January, 17% of them for the first time ever.

When asked what their resolutions for 2010 were going to be, top of the list for both women and men was “to enjoy life more”, followed by “lose weight/go on a diet”, second on the list for women, but only sixth on the list for men, and “to get fit and start exercising”, which appeared as the third most popular 2010 resolution for women.

But, although women are more likely to actually make resolutions, when asked about how long they usually stick to them, it appeared that men have more resolve as 20% claimed they kept theirs for a year or more compared to just 15% of women, the majority of whom (29%) admitting sticking to their resolutions for an average of just 3 months.

Interestingly, “to find true love” came joint fifth on the list for women together with “saving money”, “getting fit” came third and “learning something new” fourth. But finding true love appeared at almost the top of the list, in second place, amongst men that were surveyed.

And towards the end of the list of most popular resolutions for women in 2010, “saving money” and “paying off debts” beat “quitting smoking” and “drinking less”, which appeared at the bottom of the list.

All: total 4145 people (choosing up to 3 each)
1. Enjoy life more (34.4%)
2. Lose weight / go on a diet (24.4%)
3. Get fit / start exercising (22.3%)
4. Learn something new (22.2%)
5. Find true love (21.6%)
6. Get a better job (18.7%)
7. Save money (18%)
8. Pay off my debts (16.2%)
9. Take a trip (13.6%)
10. Reduce stress (10.6%)
11. Spend more time with family and friends (10.5%)
12. Quit smoking (5.6%)
13. Drink less (5.3%)

Women: total 2404 women (choosing up to 3 each)
1. Enjoy life more (34%)
2. Lose weight / go on a diet (29%)
3. Get fit / start exercising (24%)
4. Learn something new (23%)
5. Find true love (20%) joint
5. Save money (20%) joint
6. Get a better job (19%)
7. Pay off my debts (17%)
8. Take a trip (13%)
9. Spend more time with family and friends (11%)
10. Reduce stress (10%)
11. Quit smoking (5%)
12. Drink less (5%)

Men: total 1741 men (choosing up to 3 each)
1. Enjoy life more (33%)
2. Find true love (23%)
3. Learn something new (21%)
4. Get fit / start exercising (19%)
5. Get a better job (17%)
6. Lose weight / go on a diet (16%)
7. Save money (15%)
8. Pay off my debts (15%)
9. Take a trip (14%)
10. Reduce stress (12%)
11. Spend more time with family and friends (9%)
12. Quit smoking (6%)
13. Drink less 6%