Goals 2.0 - New Year's Even Resolutions with Worldwide Support

43 Things or 43things.com is a social networking web site where users create accounts and then list a number of goals or hopes. It is a good place to save your goals and hopes and other users on there may tell you how to achieve your goal or dream. You can comment other people's goals and share goals too (positive and constructive comments only!).

43 Things is owned and operated by The Robot Co-op. It is a privately held start-up based in Seattle. But, with a capital investment from Amazon.com, 43 Things has gained tremendous popularity since its launch in 2005.

As of 6:10pm Thursday, December 31, 2009, over 220,000 new years resolutions have been listed on 43Things.com. Of those, the top 5 most popular resolutions worldwide include:

1. lose weight

2. be happy

3. fall in love

4. get a job

5. travel

So, how does Virginia stack up against the world? Here are some of the more popular answers from the commonwealth:

- start to learn Italian

- spend more time being happy

- be a brilliant conversationalist

While combing through the site, we found an interesting grid the good folks at 43 Things put together based on the millions of goals listed from 2007-2009. In their words, "As the years change, so do our goals. Below is a table that shows the top 10 goals for the past three years. We found it interesting that the top goals of 2008 were dominated by physical self-improvement, while the trend in 2009 appeared to be stability and simplification."

Rank	2007	2008	2009
1	lose weight	lose weight	save money
2	stop procrastinating	exercise regularly	stop biting my nails
3	fall in love	stop biting my nails	get organized
4	be happy	lose 10 pounds	grow my hair long
5	Get a tattoo	lose 30 pounds	lose 50 pounds
6	drink more water	exercise more	go to bed earlier
7	get married	bungee jump	get more tattoos
8	go on a road trip with no predetermined destination	read the bible	find at least one thing each day that makes me happy
9	see the northern lights	learn guitar	dress better
10	learn Spanish	be less shy	make a smaller ecological footprint

As you make your 2010 goals, we recommend you read Tips for making New Year's resolutions that stick at 43 Things and sign up as a user and get started! Or, if you have no idea what you would like to accomplish, take a look at the site and get some ideas from other people.