When New Year’s resolutions fail, a lack of planning is often to blame. This year, Gemini can help you fix that. Using the right prompts, scheduled actions, and connected apps, you can instantly create detailed tutorials and structured learning paths that fit your life. Here are 10 prompts you can adapt to help you stick to your resolutions.
As you build momentum, you can tweak them, ask Gemini to add tasks to your calendar to stay organized, and even create your own Gems, customized versions of Gemini that remember your goals and act as dedicated experts. That way, you never have to start from scratch.
- Create a customized training plan. Give Gemini your starting point and goal to get a step-by-step schedule that builds over time. Use personalization features to reference past chats for an even more tailored plan. You can even ask it to save specific instructions – ie. Remember I live in NYC and only have access to a treadmill.
Fast: I want to run the New York City marathon in 6 months. I recently completed a half marathon in 2 hours and I can train 5 days a week. Create a monthly workout plan that will help me continue to build my stamina.
- Clean up your home. Use Gemini to create a structured, daily plan that makes organizational projects feel less overwhelming. Complement your project with Gemini Live with camera sharing for real-time feedback.
Fast: I want to organize and clean up my apartment this month. Create a 30-day plan that breaks the process down into simple, daily tasks that take no more than 20 minutes each and don’t require me to buy new items.
- Learn a new language. Tell Gemini your goal and your available time, and it will structure a curriculum and generate interactive study tools to keep you motivated and test your progress.
Fast: I would like to learn basic French. Generate a 30-day guided learning plan for these topics and create an interactive multiple-choice quiz on the verb conjugations. Please also generate a set of flashcards for the 50 sentences.
- Advance your career. Use Gemini to refine your interview skills, analyze a presentation video, and generate a professional headshot. Bonus step: Upload a headshot to Gemini and use Nano Banana to add some professional polish to platforms like LinkedIn.
Fast: I have a job interview next week [role]. Simulate a live, conversational interview with me, focusing on behavioral issues. Second, create a detailed feedback report after I upload my video sample, analyzing my speaking pace, body language and use of filler words.
- Eat healthier. Ask Gemini to plan a weekly meal plan tailored to your specific dietary needs and preferences, eliminating the stress of deciding what to cook.
Fast: I want to eat healthier. Every Sunday at 9:00 a.m., please create a 7-day protein-rich, vegetarian-friendly dinner plan. I have about 45 minutes to cook each night. Include a shopping list for the week.
- Create a better budget. By asking Gemini to analyze consumption data from connected apps, you can have specific, actionable and personalized budgeting rules to implement weekly.
Fast: Analyze the uploaded Google sheet containing my monthly expenses for the last quarter and identify 3 areas of non-essential expenses. Suggest practical weekly budgeting rules that I can immediately implement to save 15%.
- Create a custom reading list. Combine expert recipes with a manageable pace so you don’t get overwhelmed by an accumulation of books. Use recurring actions to get a new set of recommendations every month.
Fast: I want to read 12 business books in 2026. Plan a recurring action for the first of each month: Suggest a list of 5 non-fiction titles related to advertising and create a sample monthly reading and review schedule.
- Replace a bad habit with a good one. Identify the triggers for your bad habits and find concrete substitutes.
Fast: I want to reduce my phone screen time by 2 hours a week. Outline a ‘Habit Replacement Plan’ that identifies my typical trigger times and suggests a positive alternative activity for each.
- Conquer the blank page. Use this prompt to get low-friction creative ideas that will help you beat the “blank page” syndrome and keep your new creative habit going.
Fast: Give me 7 unique, one-sentence journaling prompts for the week that encourage reflection on my goals and progress.
- Plan for long-term success. This forward-thinking prompt encourages you to think long-term, helping you scale up successful habits and turn your decision into a permanent lifestyle change.
Fast: It’s July 1st. I have successfully maintained my decision to [resolution name] for 6 months. Create a 3-part maintenance plan to help me make this a permanent habit and set a bigger goal for the rest of 2026.
A good plan can be the difference between a goal and a long-term habit. This year, instead of starting with a vague idea, give Gemini the details to build a roadmap you can actually follow.