80 New Year's would you rather questions for work
New Year's would you rather questions give your team two choices about the fresh start, and everyone picks a side. Here are 80 work-safe ones for the first meetings of January. Tap the picker to put one on a shared screen.
ResolutionsWould you rather keep one big resolution all year or twelve tiny ones, a new one each month?
How to play New Year's would you rather
Read one question, everyone votes at once, and one person from each side gets 15 seconds to defend their pick. Eight to ten questions fill a 10-minute icebreaker; a kickoff opener needs three or four. They are built for the first week back in January, and none of them need anyone to share a real resolution.
15 New Year's resolution would you rather questions
The easiest place to start in January: everyone has an opinion on resolutions, even people who never make them.
1. Would you rather keep one big resolution all year or twelve tiny ones, a new one each month?
2. Would you rather learn a new language this year or finally learn to play an instrument?
3. Would you rather read 24 books this year or write one short story you are proud of?
4. Would you rather wake up 30 minutes earlier every day or go to bed 30 minutes earlier every night?
5. Would you rather get your inbox to zero once or keep it under 20 emails all year?
6. Would you rather pick back up a hobby you loved as a kid or try one you have never done?
7. Would you rather cook one new recipe every week or master five dishes you can make perfectly?
8. Would you rather have a friend check on your resolution every Sunday or an app that reminds you every day?
9. Would you rather announce your resolution to the whole team or keep it secret until December?
10. Would you rather finish a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle every month or a crossword every day?
11. Would you rather declutter one drawer every week or the whole house in one long weekend?
12. Would you rather call an old friend once a month or mail one handwritten letter a month?
13. Would you rather keep a houseplant alive all year or bake your own bread every week?
14. Would you rather have a coworker choose your resolution or pull one out of a hat?
15. Would you rather start your resolution on January 1 or give yourself until February to begin?
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15 would you rather questions about the year ahead
Hopes and hypotheticals for the next twelve months, light enough for people who just met.
16. Would you rather read one real headline from next December today or get one do-over day this year?
17. Would you rather take one long trip this year or six weekend getaways?
18. Would you rather master one big skill this year or pick up a little bit of ten new ones?
19. Would you rather have this year fly by or have every week feel slow and full?
20. Would you rather get one surprise piece of good news in March or a perfect week off in August?
21. Would you rather plan every weekend in January now or keep the whole month open?
22. Would you rather open a time capsule you buried ten years ago or bury one for ten years from now?
23. Would you rather meet one new person who becomes a close friend or reconnect with three old ones?
24. Would you rather have the best spring of your life this year or the best fall?
25. Would you rather see one huge concert this year or ten small shows at local venues?
26. Would you rather fill a photo album this year or a journal with one line for every day?
27. Would you rather have a year with no surprises at all or a year full of small, good ones?
28. Would you rather learn how to fix anything around the house or how to cook anything from a picture?
29. Would you rather see a total solar eclipse this year or a meteor shower from a dark mountaintop?
30. Would you rather know which month of this year will be your best or keep it a mystery?
Want the bigger version of this set? Our New Year's icebreakers ask open questions about the year ahead, and New Year's trivia makes a good second round.
12 New Year's Eve party would you rather questions
For the last meeting of December or the first one back. They work just as well for people who were asleep by ten.
31. Would you rather ring in the year in a huge city crowd or on the couch, asleep before midnight?
32. Would you rather wear sequins from head to toe or pajamas with a paper party hat?
33. Would you rather throw confetti and spend an hour cleaning it up or never see confetti again?
34. Would you rather lead the countdown from ten or pick the first song after midnight?
35. Would you rather spend New Year's Eve playing board games or dancing until midnight?
36. Would you rather watch fireworks from a rooftop or from a quiet, empty beach?
37. Would you rather celebrate with an early 7 p.m. countdown or stay up for the real one?
38. Would you rather host the New Year's Eve party or bring the snacks to someone else's?
39. Would you rather have a fondue night or a build-your-own-pizza night on New Year's Eve?
40. Would you rather give a one-minute speech at midnight or lead everyone in a sing-along?
41. Would you rather celebrate on December 31 or skip it and throw your party on January 31?
42. Would you rather spend New Year's Eve at a cozy rental with friends or at a fancy hotel ball?
Planning the party itself? Our New Year's Eve games cover countdown rounds and a year-in-review quiz. If the team is spread out, a host can run a hosted game or trivia hour on Zoom instead: our virtual New Year's events work for the last workday of December or the first week back.
How to run it in the office, hybrid or on Zoom
Four steps turn a list into a game. They work the same in a room or on a call.
- Pick a set for the meeting. Resolutions or rapid fire for a quick opener, work goals before a planning session, the party set for the last meeting of December.
- Stand up or stay seated. Stand for the first option, stay in your chair for the second. On video, lean into the frame for the first or type 1 or 2 in the chat.
- One defender per side. Fifteen seconds each, then re-vote. Anyone who switched sides tells the group what changed their mind.
- Stop at ten minutes. Eight to ten questions fill it. A kickoff opener needs three or four; save the rest for next week.
- In the office: point at the left wall or the right wall to vote. Anyone alone on a side picks the next question.
- Hybrid: the room votes in the chat along with everyone at home, so no remote vote gets lost. Ask a remote teammate to defend first.
- On a video call: put the picker on screen, use one reaction for the first choice and another for the second, then unmute one voice from each camp.
- In team chat: one question for each of the first five workdays of January, with two emoji as ballots. On Friday, post the closest split and the most lopsided one.
12 would you rather questions for a cold January
Short days, cold mornings and long weekends inside. A good set for the first full week back.
43. Would you rather spend every January weekend skiing or learn to ice skate backwards?
44. Would you rather skip January entirely or live through two Februaries?
45. Would you rather spend the first weekend of January at a hot spring or curled up in a bookstore?
46. Would you rather get a snow day on the first day back at work or on your birthday?
47. Would you rather keep your string lights up until March or take everything down on January 2?
48. Would you rather spend a January weekend at an indoor water park or a snow sculpture festival?
49. Would you rather have soup for lunch every day in January or a different grilled sandwich each day?
50. Would you rather take a long walk on a sunny 20-degree day or a gray 40-degree one?
51. Would you rather own a puffy coat that folds into a pocket or gloves that work on every touchscreen?
52. Would you rather learn to cross-country ski or snowshoe to the top of a hill?
53. Would you rather spend a cold Saturday wandering a museum or at a double feature at the movies?
54. Would you rather wake up to the first big snow of the year or the first warm day of March?
Want a cozy hour instead of ten minutes? Comfy Cozy Game Shows is a hosted game show you can book with a winter theme, and our winter would you rather questions carry you through February.
14 work goal would you rather questions for January
A warm-up for a kickoff or planning meeting. Nobody has to share a real goal unless they want to.
55. Would you rather ship one big project this year or a steady stream of small wins?
56. Would you rather learn the new tool everyone uses or become the expert on the old one nobody understands?
57. Would you rather have one meeting-free day every week or one meeting-free week every quarter?
58. Would you rather set the team's goals for the year or be the one who tracks them?
59. Would you rather have a mentor for the whole year or mentor someone new for the whole year?
60. Would you rather present at a big industry conference or run a workshop for your own team?
61. Would you rather get quick feedback every week or one deep conversation every quarter?
62. Would you rather organize every shared folder in January or have a perfect file naming system start today?
63. Would you rather shadow someone on another team for a day or have them shadow you?
64. Would you rather post the team's goals on a wall everyone sees or keep them in a shared doc?
65. Would you rather try a month of no email after 6 p.m. or a month of no meetings before 10 a.m.?
66. Would you rather get better at public speaking this year or at writing short, clear emails?
67. Would you rather take on a stretch project you might not pull off or polish one you know well?
68. Would you rather celebrate each team win this year with a lunch or a shout-out at the all-hands?
Ready to turn the game into real goals? Goal Setting & Goal Getting is a one-hour live workshop where a host walks the team from big ideas to a plan they can keep. Our New Year's resolutions for work list has examples to start from, and the kickoff meeting ideas cover the rest of the agenda.
12 rapid-fire New Year's would you rather questions
Short enough for a chat poll or a two-minute warm-up before the agenda.
69. Would you rather use a paper planner or a digital calendar?
70. Would you rather start resolutions on January 1 or the first Monday?
71. Would you rather make a vision board or a to-do list?
72. Would you rather stay up until midnight or wake up for the first sunrise?
73. Would you rather start the year with a fresh notebook or a fresh playlist?
74. Would you rather sleep in on New Year's Day or go for an early walk?
75. Would you rather pick a word of the year or a song of the year?
76. Would you rather do a 30-day challenge or keep a 365-day streak?
77. Would you rather get a new desk plant or a new desk lamp?
78. Would you rather join a book club or a walking club this year?
79. Would you rather spend New Year's Day on the couch or outside?
80. Would you rather have pancakes or waffles on New Year's Day?
Need a different format? Our New Year's this or that list is the two-word version, and the January icebreakers keep the questions going all month. For any other time of year, see our would you rather questions for work.
