With only a few weeks left in 2024, folks across North Carolina are beginning to make their list of 2025 New Year’s resolutions.
Whether you are basking in the fulfillment of meeting your 2024 goals, or thinking about New Year’s resolutions for the first time since last January, flipping the calendar over marks an opportunity embrace a fresh batch of resolutions.
To kick start your 2025 self-improvement journey, BetCarolina.com – where our goal is to keep bring you the top NC sportsbook promo codes – decided to rank North Carolina’s top five most common New Year’s resolutions. This list was created by measuring the search interest score on Google Trends between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 2, 2024, accounting for last year’s most popular New Year’s resolutions among North Carolina residents.
Rank | Resolution | Search Interest Score |
1 | Travel More | 87 |
2 | Save Money | 85 |
3 | Read More | 71 |
4 | Learn More | 69 |
5 | Lose Weight | 67 |
Clearly, North Carolina residents were hoping to get out of the house in 2024. “Travel More” ranked as the state’s top New Year’s resolution. You won’t have to go anywhere for North Carolina sports betting coverage because it’s all right here at BetCarolina.com.
If you want to travel next year, but aren’t sure where, consider booking a trip around the world to Japan. One of the last countries to welcome back tourists in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan was recently named as the top travel destination of 2024 in a Condé Nast reader’s poll.
Next up, the second most common resolution is to “save money.” North Carolinians who successfully adhered to this resolution may be enjoying a nice return this year — that is, if they invested in the stock market. All three of America’s major stock indexes have seen major gains in 2024, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up over 17% so far this year, the S&P 500 up 28%, and the Nasdaq Composite gaining a whopping 35%.
The next two most popular New Year’s resolutions are interrelated — “read more” (No. 3) and “learn more” (No. 4). If you are eying these goals yourself, consider heading to GoodReads, the popular website for tracking books and sharing reviews. The site recently announced the results of its annual poll of readers (https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2024), with “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt named the top non-fiction book of the year. This deeply researched tome about the harmful impact of smart phones and social media on young people is a great starting point for reading and learning resolutions alike.
Finally, “lose weight” rates as North Carolina’s fifth-most popular New Year’s resolution. It’s a supremely relatable aspiration, but let’s remember to keep save this one for the New Year. After all, losing weight is the last thing anyone wants to worry about over the holiday season.
For another timely topic, check out our list of North Carolina’s Top holiday searches as you count down to 2025.
Author
Jeff Parker is a writer for BetCarolina.com. A writer for film, television and the internet, Jeff is a life long movie buff, with an actual Masters Degree in Popular Culture. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he works full time as documentary filmmaker and producer.
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