Making family and personal New Year Goals is so fun and easy with these printable New Year's Resolution worksheets! Plus, a simple system to keep track of your goals from year to year!
A SIMPLE WAY TO MAKE NEW YEARS GOALS!
Gather your family! It's time to make New Year's Resolutions.
If you're looking for a simple way to keep track of your New Years goals with your family, this post is just for you! Obviously, we cannot predict if we will reach our goals or not this coming year, we are not psychic! However, come to think of it, there was someone recently who spoke of checking out the best sites for virtual tarot so they could get their future predicted to help them focus on what they needed for the new year. It definitely is intriguing, but not knowing what happens next can be exciting, plus it will be good to see if our family does stick to their goals over the year.
Years ago, I created these New Year's Resolutions printables as a way for our family to keep track of our resolutions and now it has become a favorite family New Year's tradition.
WHAT YOU NEED FOR NEW YEAR'S GOALS:
- Printable New Year Goals Worksheets
- 1 or 2-inch binder
- Sheet protectors
- Measuring tape & scale (don't worry- these are just for the kids!)
- ½ hour of time with your family
Now, let me tell you all about the fun New Year's resolutions worksheets!
START WITH THE YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS/ FAMILY GOAL PAGE
The first New Year goal setting worksheet you should fill out is the Yearly Cover Sheet & Highlights, This sheet is one of our favorites to fill out. There is a place to put all the highlights from the year. And then a spot to make some family goals. (I share more about family goals at the end of the post!)
There is a great spot to set and write family goals and a place to write your family motto, word, or scripture verse for the year.

DO THESE NEW YEARS PRINTABLES WORK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN?
Absolutely! Our family started doing this when our kids were just babies.
When our children were really little, we helped them set goals like: learn the alphabet and start helping with dishes.
Now that they are older, they can write their own goals. (And how cute is it look back on their beginning handwriting!)
We also record a few extra things like age and height and some of their favorite things.
Our children LOVE getting measured to see how tall they are!
I specifically added in a space for ways they can help the family. With them helping set this goal, it's easier to remind them of their New Year's resolutions when they aren't as happy to help.

NEW YEAR GOALS WORKSHEETS FOR ADULTS
Instead of creating a huge long list of New Year's resolutions, we've found it best to choose one or two goals in different areas of our life to work on.
The goal sheets for adults are similar to the ones for kids, but you'll notice there is no place for height or weight, etc. That was intentional! 🙂 Obviously, for some people, their New Years' resolution is to lose weight and get down a few sizes so they feel better about themselves. That is a personal choice to add in if you want to. These worksheets along with a healthy diet and potential supplementation may have the desired effect and accelerate your weight loss journey for the new year! But that is up to you.

WHAT IF I USE THE "ONE WORD" NEW YEAR GOAL METHOD?
Have you heard of the "one word" goal where you choose a word to be your over all theme for the year? You can still use these resolution sheets to help you set goals in different areas with your one word as your overall theme.
I've been picking one word as my over all theme for the last few years. Some words I've chosen include: simplify, connect, health, and focus.
Although every single goal doesn't have to fit within this one word, having an overall theme to guide many decisions you'll make throughout the year. Try it! It's fun!

SETTING NEW YEARS GOALS: HOW TO MAKE YOUR FAMILY GOAL BINDER
Once everyone has filled out their goals sheets, it's time to add them to family goal binder!
Keeping all your goal sheets together in one place, year after year, will become a treasure. And so fun to look back on, especially if your children fill out their own worksheets.

FAMILY NEW YEAR GOALS IDEAS
With your family all gathered together, take a few minutes to make some goals you can work on together.
Here's a few ideas:
- Travel to a new place together
- Take a road trip
- Make a new recipe
- learn a new skill
- Read a book together
Some of our family goals:
In 2014, we made a goal to visit 14 different parks, run around, and move our bodies for the best. We couldn't count the park unless all 4 of us were there and we always had to take a picture.
Anyway, we loved looking back and seeing how much our family changed throughout the year since our children were so little!

In 2015, we had a goal to take 15 bike rides. We made it to 7 bike rides before I gave birth to our 3rd baby. Needless to say, there wasn't any more family bike rides that year. 🙂
I don't look at this as a failure-- the goal helped us to get out and that's what matters!
A few other goals we have accomplished or are working on:
- Live abroad- we have twice now, once in Australia and once in Chile
- Be on time to everything (still working on that one!)
- Rent an RV for a road trip
- Memorize scripture verses
- Don't yell. (Still a work in progress)
- Visit the Redwoods
It really doesn't matter how big or small your goals are. What matters is that you set a few you can all work on together.

DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE FAMILY NEW YEAR GOALS WORKSHEETS!
Alrighty! I hope this post has inspired you to take a little time with your family and make family and individual goals for the new year!
Download the Family Goal Sheets & Binder Covers Here
FOR BEST RESULTS:
- To keep each year's goal sheet easy to tell apart, print on a different colored paper each year.
- Place in a sheet-protector and then inside your family goal binder.
- Pull out your binder monthly or quarterly to review your goals!

Lupita Kyle says
Love this Melissa!!!! Thank you so much for the printables, I will sure use these instead of the post-it's we were using!!!
Mel says
I'm so glad they will be useful to you! They are for us! Happy New Year!!