You know that thing where you decide you’re going to “make a big healthy change,” but then you purposely stall until January 1st so you can call it a New Year’s Resolution? And then, like clockwork, you bail on it three weeks later, usually right after you buy the yoga mat, but before you ever take the tags off?
Well, good news: now you don’t have to wait until January to disappoint yourself!
There’s a new trend on TikTok called “The Great Lock-In.”
The premise: pick a goal now, and commit to it through the end of 2025. Basically, it’s like New Year’s Resolutions, but with less champagne and more “why did I agree to this?” energy.
It doesn’t even have to be fitness. You can lock in on literally anything: some side-project at work, reading more, finally learning how to cook something besides pasta, or just promising yourself you’ll delete DoorDash for at least one week.
And of course, people are posting their Lock-Ins on social media… because in 2025, if you don’t announce your personal growth online, does it even count?
If this all sounds familiar, that’s because it is. People are already pointing out it’s basically a reboot of last year’s “Winter Arc”, or “75 Hard”, or every other challenge where you go too hard for a few weeks and then reward yourself with tacos.
But hey… maybe that’s the point. Why fail in January when you can fail right now? At least you’ll be ahead of schedule.