As 2022 draws to a close this New Year’s Eve, career website Zippia has used Google Trends to determine the most popular New Year’s resolution in each U.S. state.
While some standard resolutions like Weight Loss, Healthy Living, and earning More Money were found among the entries, there were also some surprising results demonstrating that “more people are working on their insides than their outsides” than in years past. As such, the most popular resolution in 12 of the 50 states was to seek Therapy.
In truth, the past few years have unmistakably taken quite a toll on Americans. Many were already overweight and living unhealthy sedentary lifestyles before the global pandemic. When it struck, people were hit with additional stresses such as crushing financial pressures, unstable employment anxiety, and family worries made worse by the mostly unwarranted hysterical responses COVID inspired.
Consequently, is it any wonder that, as Americans evaluate their lives to figure out “what changes and resolutions they want to make heading into the new year,” as KTLA puts it, many are feeling not only physically unfit but mentally unwell? Ultimately, this factor led to the top response being to seek therapy in 12 states and losing weight in 8 states.
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