On January 1, nearly 200 million Americans will make a resolution for the New Year. Your Meetup group can lead the change and help people meet their goals.
Meetup is the perfect place to follow through on each of these goals. Let’s take a look around the Meetup community to see how organizers create events that inspire and support New Year’s resolution-ers.
Seattle Cookbook Club goes through cookbooks together, trying out new and exciting recipes for each potluck event. This January, they’re focusing on the book Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan. They’ll prepare herb-filled salads, tender roasted meats, fragrant soups, pickles, and vegetarian versions of Palestinian classics. Then they’ll have a virtual potluck to share kitchen stories and feature their food.
Financial Freedom 4 You hosts online Stock Market Talks every Sunday. They organize with nonprofits that teach financial literacy, and invite licensed financial advisers to review the market’s outlook each week.
Mountain Area View Run Club offers event attendees the opportunity to sharpen their bodies and their minds. A monthly “Book Club and 5km Run” event features exercise that’s a healthy challenge, but not too difficult for beginners or slower runners. After the 5k, the group meets for an endorphin-filled discussion of a new book each month.
The Santa Cruz Intuitives Meetup provides a safe and supportive environment where members channel their mental energy into positive outcomes. The group’s online guided meditation events focus on the acts of appreciation and gratitude. These help everyone relieve stress, become more present, and improve mind-body connections.
One of the most popular skills that people want to begin or improve is speaking a new language. Whether it’s to beef up your résumé, prepare for world travel, or just to engage with another culture, learning a new language is a fun and life-affirming endeavor for the New Year.
Meetup is full of groups focused on learning languages from across the globe. For example, the Doylestown French Conversation Group hosts virtual French conversation events where speakers of all levels can practice casually.
Meetup groups help New Year’s resolution-ers feel like they are taking part in a shared goal. Members support each other through the ups and downs of change, hold each other accountable, and celebrate each other’s accomplishments.
If you have a resolution in mind, check out the Meetup events near you to discover a group that will help you achieve your goals. That way, you can hit the ground running as soon as we change calendars.
Maybe you have a skill that some of the nearly 200 million resolution-ers want to learn in 2021. Consider organizing a Meetup group to grow a following while helping people better themselves.
