Free project template
New year resolutions template with every task dated from the day you start
Pick two or three resolutions, turn each into a weekly habit and check in every month until December.
- 3 sections
- 14 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Resolutions
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
Choose
- Write down what you want different by next DecemberDay 1
- Pick the two or three that matter mostDay 2High
- Turn each into a weekly actionDay 2"Save more" becomes "move SGD 100 to savings every payday".
- Tell one person what you pickedDay 4
Weekly actions
- Resolution 1: [weekly action]Every Monday
- Resolution 2: [weekly action]Every Wednesday
- Resolution 3: [weekly action]Every Saturday
Check-ins
- Monthly check-inEvery 1st of the month
- Count how many weeks you did each action
- Make an action smaller if it keeps slipping
- Halfway review1 Jul
- Year-end review28 Dec
- What changed this year
- What to keep for next year
About this template
Resolutions fail because they are wishes, like "get fit" or "save more", with no action attached. By February they are gone.
This project turns each resolution into one small weekly action with a monthly check-in and a review at the end of the year.
Tips from the template
- Pick two or three. Ten is too many to keep.
- Make the weekly action small enough to do on a bad week.
- If you miss a month, start again at the next check-in.
How to use it in ActivityTracker
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find New year resolutions and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Run it with the dates filled in.
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