New Year Resolution Messages & Ideas to Share

Resolution messages to send to someone making a fresh start with you, or to share your own plans for the year. For jokes about broken resolutions, see our funny New Year messages.

New Year resolution messages

  1. New year begins with new hopes,
    new spirit, new resolutions and new aspirations.
    May you become successful this year
    in everything you do, brother.
    I wish you a happy and promising new year.
  2. The new year gives you another golden opportunity to reset your goals and retrace your footsteps. My wish for you this year is that you may be able to stick to your resolutions for the new year.
  3. Four resolutions for a happy new year!
    Resolution: to relish and live life to the plumpest.
    Resolution: to make each day blossom with self-happiness.
    Resolution: to smile through all passing seasons.
    Resolution: to a new start!
  4. My new year resolution:
    I wouldn't worry about doing things
    the right way or the wrong way.
    This year,
    I am gonna do things my way.
  5. Here's hoping you keep your resolutions longer than the fireworks lasted. Wishing you a strong start to the year.
  6. My resolution is simple: call the people I love more often. So consider this the first call. Happy New Year!
  7. This year I want to complain less, thank people more and finish what I start. Will you hold me to it?
  8. Don't make a long list this year. Pick one good habit and keep it. That's enough.
  9. Resolutions fail when they're about becoming someone else. Make yours about being a bit kinder to yourself.

New Year resolution ideas worth keeping

  1. Drink more water, sleep a little earlier and get some sunlight every day.
  2. Read one book a month, even if it's a short one.
  3. Pray on time and make a little more dua for others.
  4. Put something aside every month, however small.
  5. Keep the phone away during meals.
  6. Say sorry faster and hold grudges for less time.
  7. Learn one new skill, from cooking a new dish to speaking a new language.
  8. Visit grandparents and elders more often, not just on Eid and at weddings.

Resolutions to share with your partner

  1. Our resolution this year: fewer arguments about small things, more walks, and one proper date night a month.
  2. This year I promise to listen before I reply and to say thank you more often. You deserve that.
  3. Let's make one resolution together: no going to sleep angry. Happy New Year, my love.
  4. New year plan: more time with you, less time on our phones. Deal?
  5. I'm not making many resolutions. I just want to love you better than I did last year.

Resolutions to share with a friend

  1. Friendship resolution: meet up more than twice a year. Let's actually do it this time.
  2. Let's be each other's check-in buddy this year. You ask about my goals, I ask about yours.
  3. This year, let's stop saying "we should catch up" and just pick a date.
  4. Resolution for us: more real talks, fewer forwarded videos. Happy New Year, yaar.

Family New Year resolutions

  1. Family resolution: dinner together a few nights a week, phones off.
  2. This year let's call Nani and Dadi every week instead of only on special days.
  3. Our home rule for the new year: help without being asked.
  4. Let's plan one family trip this year, even if it's just a day out.
  5. Family resolution: more laughing at the table, less arguing over the remote.
  6. Is saal ka iraada: ghar walon ke saath zyada waqt, kam ghussa aur zyada duaein. Naya saal mubarak!

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