New Year reset: goals you'll actually keep
Turns vague resolutions into three small goals with a 30-day starter plan. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude
- Occasion
- New Year · 1 Jan 2027
- Status
- Tested 9 Oct 2026 in Grok, 9 Oct 2026 (one run; model id not exposed)
- Test settings
- The page's exact default prompt was run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. The default details already written on the page were the input. They are illustrative, not a record of a real event. ChatGPT and Gemini were not used. The first result was kept.
- Variability
- A different set of details, or another run, will change the wording. This is the first result for the defaults on this page.
Prompt
Help me set goals for the new year that I'll actually keep. Things I want to change: get fitter, save more money, read more My usual week: office 9 to 6, commute 1 hour, weekends mostly free What stopped me last time: too ambitious in January, then gave up 1. Pick the three goals that matter most and rewrite each so it's specific and measurable. 2. For each goal, give a tiny first step I can do in under 10 minutes. 3. Make a 30-day starter plan, week by week. 4. Add a weekly 10-minute check-in with three questions. 5. Tell me what to do after I miss a day, so I don't quit. Be realistic about my time. No motivational fluff.
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Example output
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Your week is office 9 to 6, a 1 hour commute, and weekends mostly free. Last time failed because January was too big. These three stay small. Numbers you did not give are not invented. Where a starter length appears, it is a proposal you can shorten. 1. Goals Fitness: walk on two weekdays and one weekend day each week. No distance is set. Save more: on each payday, move a fixed amount you choose into a separate place before other spending. You set the amount. I will not pick one. Read more: read on three days a week, one of them at the weekend. A 15-minute session is a starter proposal, not a rule. 2. First step, under 10 minutes Fitness: put walking shoes by the door. Save: choose the account or envelope, and write the amount you can miss without stress. Read: put one book where you sit in the evening. 3. 30-day starter Week 1: shoes by the door, one weekday walk, one weekend walk, write the savings amount, read once on the weekend. If a payday falls, make that one transfer. Week 2: two weekday walks, one weekend walk, the payday transfer if it falls this week, read on two days. Week 3: same walk pattern, the transfer if a payday falls, read on three days. Week 4: repeat week 3. Do not add a fourth goal. At the 10-minute check, keep or cut a slot for the next month. Do the walks and the reading after you are home, or on the weekend. Do not stack all three on one weeknight after the commute. 4. Weekly 10-minute check Did I do the small version at least once? What got in the way? Which one slot will I use next week? 5. After you miss a day Do only the tiny step the next day. Do not double the walk, the transfer, or the reading. A missed day does not end the month.
How to use it
- Open ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude.
- Paste the prompt and replace the [BRACKETS] with your details.
- Review names, facts and the requested format; follow up with corrections or missing details.
How to use this prompt
- Fill Customise with your real details. Do not let the tool guess a missing fact. Write the missing information clearly if you need to.
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Good to know
- Start smaller than feels necessary. Adjust the plan as your routine changes. Run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026 using the illustrative defaults on this page. Check the draft against your own facts before you use it.
- Check facts before you rely on the answer.
