Money Matters
2012 Finance Resolutions: Tips on How to Keep Them
The New Year puts us in the mindset to reorganize, plan and set new goals—an ideal time to get your finances in order. With proper planning and goal setting, you can start 2012 with a clean, organized financial slate.
People typically make numerous broad and sometimes outrageous financial resolutions. They want to pay-off all their credit card debt, double their savings, and accumulate enough money for a vacation or home remodeling project. And some want to achieve all of the above in the same year! By pledging to make huge, sweeping changes in one year, you are almost certain to fail. Instead, if you set smaller, simpler goals, you’ll have a much better chance at success. Believe You Can Do It Goals that are too big are also likely to impact your belief. For lasting change to occur, you must believe the change is possible and feel confident you can do it. You must also feel that your financial resolutions are important, and be mentally ready to make …
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