Making a new year’s resolution is a tradition that goes back thousands of years when people were wanting to fix their mistakes and do better in the coming year. Although the early versions of resolutions were tied to religion, today’s secular practices are still a way of focusing on improvement of the self.

One research study found that 3 in 10 Americans made a resolution in 2024, but only 9% kept their resolution. The same study showed “49% of adults ages 18 to 29 made a resolution; 31% of those ages 30 to 49 made one; and just 21% of people over age 50 committed to a resolution.”

Where do you fit into these statistics and what do you want to be proud of a year from now?

Connecting Your Resolutions

There are a number of ways to map out your plans for improving your life: you can make a vision board, write down a list, set yourself up with an accountability partner, use and activity tracker, and more.

When you create a visual reference, or talk through your goals with a trusted friend, you might begin to see how your ideas overlap and you can build on one to achieve another.

The most common resolutions are to improve health (eating better, losing weight, quitting a vice, and so on) and/or finances (earn more, save more, create better work-life balance, etc.).

The Sticky Fingers Cooking franchise opportunity might be your solution! Think about it: if you become your own boss, then you can decide how much time you spend at work and therefore establish more balance between family or personal time with work time. Also, if you strive to eat healthier, there’s no better way than teaching kids how to master this through our thousands of original recipes.

Among the Good Housekeeping 2025 achievable resolutions you will find “cook new foods” and “learn to love vegetables” and “jumpstart a new career.” We couldn’t agree more!

Sticking to Your Plans for Self-Improvement

Changing patterns and taking chances can be scary and difficult when you get started and sometimes it’s like a big ball of string where you can’t see the first thread to pull.

Here are few ideas to help you get started and stick to your dreams in 2025:

1. Connect with a mentor or accountability partner. We might be biased, but one of the best parts about franchising is that you have a built-in community of people who you can reach out to with questions or to help you be realistic. Franchise owners might have more experience than you or they might have unique expertise that can help you be your best!

2. Take your biggest goal and break it down into as many smaller objectives as necessary to make it possible. Think of it like planning a road trip where you have to make stops along with way for gas, food, lodging, maybe even visiting others or taking pictures—this can be fun and serious as you check the boxes.

3. Keep checking in on how you’re doing with meeting your goals. Maybe you have a written list that you check once a month, or you set up a meeting with an advisor to see if things are on track. Each time, you can adjust the plans as needed so you stay on track.

What’s On Our Vision Board

Here at Sticky Fingers Cooking, we are also excited about what’s to come in the new year. We are starting with celery-brating all that was achieved in 2024 with expanding our network to seven grape franchise owners! Click here to read profiles of each of them. 

Going forward, we see opportunities to revise our mission statement to fit our new franchise business and franchisees, touch base on our core values, and to continue looking for ways to improve our business model to cater to our franchise owners and everyone who signs up for a cooking class with Sticky Fingers Cooking. 

If becoming an education franchise business owner is on your list of things you want to do in the new year, reach out today to learn more about Sticky Fingers Cooking. We want to get to know you know and see if your interests in working with kids and creating a well-balanced life are aligned with our values.

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