What is the new year's resolution wheel?
The new year's resolution wheel is a free online spinner loaded with 10 starter entries, such as Read 12 books, Walk 10,000 steps, Learn a new skill, Drink more water. You can change every slice, add your own items, set odds and keep a record of each result. People also search for it as “resolution generator”, “new year goals wheel”, “new year's eve wheel”.
The appeal is visibility. Nobody has to trust a hidden algorithm, because the options and the spin are right there for the whole group.
How to use the new year's resolution wheel
Review the starter list
Keep the defaults, or replace them with your own options, one per line, and press Apply List.
Adjust the look and feel
Pick a palette, set Slow, Medium or High speed, and choose sounds in Sound Lab.
Spin and see the result
Press Spin the Wheel or tap the wheel. The winner appears with confetti and is saved to History.
Ways to use the new year's resolution wheel
New Year's Eve parties
Everyone spins and shares.
Classrooms
January goal-setting lessons.
Teams
Pick a group challenge.
Personal planning
Break the blank-page problem.
Tips for the new year's resolution wheel
- Turn the result into a specific, measurable goal.
- Add a 'monthly mini-goal' wheel.
- Keep the history to revisit in December.
Turning a spin into a real resolution
A wheel is a fun way to choose a resolution, but the result is only the start. Once you've spun, rewrite the result as a specific, small goal. "Read more" becomes "read for ten minutes before bed, five nights a week". "Move more" becomes "a twenty-minute walk at lunch on weekdays". Specific goals are easier to start and easier to track, and small goals are more likely to survive past the second week of January.
Resolution ideas across life areas
Health: drink more water, sleep by eleven, try a new sport, cook at home three nights a week. Learning: learn fifty words of a new language, take an online course, read twelve books. Money: save a set amount each month, track spending for thirty days, cancel unused subscriptions. Relationships: call a family member every week, organise a monthly friends' dinner, write handwritten letters. Creativity: draw every day, learn three songs on an instrument, start a blog. Kindness: volunteer once a month, donate items you don't use.
Spin a theme for each month
Instead of one huge resolution, load twelve smaller goals and spin a new one each month. January might be "no-spend month", February "cook a new recipe each week", March "a daily walk". Each month is short enough to commit to, and if one goal doesn't stick, you get a fresh start next month. Turn on elimination so you don't repeat a goal.
New Year's Eve party games
At a party, spin resolutions for each guest and ask them to commit for a week, or create funny "resolutions" like "say good morning to every pigeon" or "learn a magic trick". At midnight, spin for who makes the toast. For families, spin a fun goal to do together, such as a monthly picnic or a new board game each month.
Tracking your progress
Mark each day you complete your goal on a calendar or habit tracker. Review progress at the end of each month and adjust the goal if needed. Share it with a friend for accountability. If you slip, restart the next day rather than abandoning the goal entirely.
Classroom and team use
Teachers can spin "learning goals" for January, such as reading at home, neatness or asking one question a lesson, and review them at half-term. Teams can spin a shared goal for the quarter, such as documenting a process or running a monthly lunch-and-learn.
Example
A friend group spins one goal each on 31 December and checks in on 1 February. Three goals are still going, and the friend who drew "learn to juggle" can now juggle three oranges.
Why random can help
Many people struggle to choose a resolution because every option feels important. Letting the wheel choose among good options removes the pressure, and you can always spin again if the result doesn't feel right. Your reaction tells you something too: relief or disappointment shows what you really want.
Spin again in July to review your goal.
New year's resolution wheel features
Made for holidays
Templates, images and colours make it fit your activity.
Odds you control
Change any entry's weight and its slice resizes to match its chance.
No-repeat and multi-winner
Remove winners automatically, or draw a whole set in one round.
Images, colours, sound
Pictures on slices, custom colours, tick and fanfare sounds.
Share, fullscreen, OBS
Send a link, project it, or put it on stream as an overlay.
History and receipts
Every spin is logged with a time and code. Export it to CSV.
Odds on the new year's resolution wheel
With equal weights each of the 10 entries has a 10.0% chance on every spin. Change a weight and that entry's chance becomes its weight divided by the total. Elimination removes winners and recalculates the odds for the rest. Test any setup on the randomness audit.
New year's resolution wheel FAQs
Will the wheel choose my resolution for me?
It suggests ideas; you decide whether to adopt them.
Can I use it as a party game?
Yes. Each guest spins and explains how they'd achieve the goal.
Can I add my own ideas?
Yes, edit the list freely.
Is the new year's resolution wheel free?
Yes. The new year's resolution wheel on WheelSpinner is free, with no sign-up or entry limit.
Is the new year's resolution wheel truly random?
Each spin uses your browser's cryptographic random number generator, so with equal weights every visible entry has the same chance.
Can I save and share my new year's resolution wheel?
Entries save automatically in this browser, and Share copies a link with your list included.