Britain’s top 2011 resolutions revealed in survey

An online poll of over 2,000 British men and women from PopCap Games revealed Britain’s top new year’s resolutions for 2011.

A spokesman for the survey said while some of the resolutions might not come as a surprise, what is surprising is that, of those who plan to make a new year’s resolution in 2011, the top resolutions are almost exactly identical for both men and women:

1. To lose weight/keep fit – 38 per cent (35 per cent men; 41 per cent women)

2. To reduce stress and enjoy life more/have more fun – 23 per cent (24 per cent men; 23 per cent women)

3. To save money – 15 per cent (15 per cent men; 15 per cent women)

While men and women are agreed on these three resolutions, there is a marked point of difference among the age groups when it comes to their top priority resolution. Of those polled who plan to make resolutions, young people aged 18-24 are Britain’s most committed savers (29 per cent) but they are least committed to reducing their stress or having more fun (16 per cent); while people aged 55+ are the most committed to reducing stress or having more fun (31 per cent) and those over 55 least concerned with saving ( nine per cent).

In fact, across all age groups who are planning to make resolutions, the research revealed a rough trend that as people get older they are less concerned with saving money as their top priority resolution and more committed to reducing stress and enjoying their lives:

Of those who employ techniques to help them stick to their resolutions, the most popular techniques ever employed include promising themselves a reward if they succeed (44 per cent), getting support from people around them (43 per cent), and finding a distraction (19 per cent).

PopCap games is a leader in casual and social games – a distraction that is not only fun, but that has also been clinically proven to reduce stress. Interestingly the research also revealed that 66 per cent of Britons who chose a least favourite month cite January (48 per cent) or February (18 per cent) as their least favourite months of the year – a percentage that interestingly also reflects the number of all people who say they will make at least one New Year’s resolution in 2011 (69 per cent). A coincidence? Perhaps.