世論 What Japan Thinks

Just in time before deciding on New Year Resolutions, goo Ranking published the results of a quick survey they conducted in November into people’s unfinished business for the year. As usual, no demographics or other detailed numbers, just a rank of the percentage of the winning votes total.

Q: What unfinished business do you have this year?

Rank	Task	Score
1	Save money	100
2	Diet successfully	95.1
3	Tidy up home or office	86.7
4	Go away on holiday	60.8
5	Invest in the stock market	52.6
6	Improve language abilities	40.3
7	Be positive about things	39.5
8	Find an understanding lover	35.4
9	Take up a sport	22.1
10	Overcome a weak point	20.8
11	Quit smoking	19.5
12	Find a hobby	19.2
13	Get over an illness	19.2
14	Start learning something	16.2
15	Keep up my blog	15.1
16	Change jobs	13.8
17	Get married	13.8
18	Cut down on drinking	12.3
19	Get a steady job	10.0
20	Buy a place to live	9.5
21	Start a blog	8.7
22	Move house	6.4
23	Make 100 friends	5.4