Happy new year! It’s time to start on your New Year’s Resolutions.

Statistics show that about 75% of Americans make some sort of New Year’s resolution. Whether it is to get healthier, lose weight, stop smoking, read more or pick up a new hobby, the lists go on and on for goals for the new year. What is probably the most mind boggling is that over 90% of Americans who make some sort of New Year’s resolution will not keep them until the end of the year. Most people drop their New Year’s Resolutions in the first few weeks of the new year. 

One of the key factors in helping you stay on track is accountability. 

Whether your goal is to be happier, healthier, more successful or fulfilled, in order to achieve those goals, it requires you to become someone who is different from who you are today, and that can be uncomfortable.

To step outside of your comfort zone, you need support and accountability. That is why outside support is so helpful. When people commit to someone on achieving a goal, the person is 65% more likely to complete it, and increase his/her/its chance of success by up to 95% when they have scheduled a specific accountability appointment with another person such as a Meetup event. (Source: The American Society of Training and Development) .

Start the New Year out with others who share your resolution to help keep you on track and set you up for success. Meetup connects you with a community that shares your goals or interests to meet in a group setting. There is a Meetup event for just about any interest, in any city, for anyone at any age. Studies show that the simple act of trying something new releases oxytocin in the brain and makes you feel good.

Many Meetup members and Meetup event organizers educate communities on how Meetup helped them feel less lonely, and a study out of UPenn supports that. According to a study by ImpactED at UPenn, 72% of people who use Meetup report increased friendships, and 80% say the feel more connected to others (Source: ImpactED study, University of Pennsylvania).

Popular Meetup Categories include everything from Fitness, Weight Loss, Hiking, Financial Health, Running, Book Clubs, Music, Comedy, Career/Business, Knitting, Socializing and more.

Don’t see what you are looking for? You can even start your own Meetup group! So why not consider Meetup as a solution for achieving New Year’s goals, and as a means to help people find more human connections–when they need it most.

For more information, please visit https://www.meetup.com/Meetup

About Meetup

Meetup is the leading social media platform dedicated to connecting people in person, or online through video conferencing. Established in 2002, its mission is to help people grow and achieve their goals through real-life, human connections. From professional networking to online yoga and meditation to coding workshops and more. People use Meetup to meet new people who share those same passions or professional aspirations. Meetup uses technology to help people become more social. The Meetup app has more than 60 million registered members across 330,000 groups in 193 countries and 10,000 cities around the world.