According to a study by the University of Scranton, the following are the
top New Year's resolutions for 2014 (in ascending order of popularity).

 

Lose weight: a sizeable 38 per cent of all resolutions made were related to a person’s weight, likely coinciding with
the 36 per cent of all American adults who are medically considered obese.

   

2. Get organized: whether it’s your computer’s desktop folder or the hodgepodge lurking in your medicine cabinet, it
doesn’t have to be spring for you to do some cleaning.

3. Spend less, save more: like flossing every day or using condoms, it’s something people love to advocate for but is
harder to actually follow through with.

4. Enjoy life to the fullest: not every day is going to be a Mary Poppins song, but I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to
occasionally throw a smile instead of shade.

5. Stay fit and healthy: a safer resolution to make instead of the “lose weight” trap. Unlike dropping pounds, there’s
no finish line for staying healthy (besides death, of course).

6. Learn something exciting: women are more likely to have an intracranial aneurysm a.k.a. a brain aneurysm. Isn’t
learning fun?

7. Quit smoking: except for when you're drinking, right?

8. Help others in their dreams: just find someone who has the same goal and you've got your very own mutually
beneficial resolution.

9. Fall in love: for a bit of perspective here, how is it that falling in love—supposedly one of the greatest, most
sought-after human experiences—is two spots behind stop damaging your lungs?

10. Spend more time with family: a great feel-good goal in theory, but as someone who just spent time back at my
parents’ for the holidays, family time is an activity best kept hypothetical.