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Tangible Financial New Years Resolutions

If you are planning on making financial New Years resolutions do yourself a favour and make them measurable. When they are measurable they are attainable.

My Personal Opinion On Resolutions

Here is a good example of some noble resolutions

  • I will save more this year
  • Pay down my mortgage
  • Lose weight

I applaud you if these are your goals, however, how are you going to know whether you have succeeded or not? Without a tangible financial goal you are doomed to failure.

More tangible versions of the same goals might be:

  • The balance in my TFSA on Dec 31 2019 will be 10% larger than on January 1 2019. This is very specific, you can even put actual values in there, which makes things easier for you to monitor your goal.
    • Remember if you are saving for your kids’ educations an RESP goal of $2500 added to the account would be good.
    • RDSP contributions for your child need to be there as well.
  • My mortgage principal will be $10,000 lower at the end of this year. The important thing is to set a tangible financial goal. How you do it is left open, but what the goal is, is concrete.
    • You can automate this goal, and make it easier. Setting up automatic over payments on your on-line banking of $400 per pay (if you are paid bi-weekly) makes this resolution real.
  • I will lose 60 pounds this year by going to the gym at least 150 times. Ideally I will try to lose 5 pounds a month. Again, this is very concrete, and easily monitored.
    • In my case I am lucky as my office has a gym I can use for free.

Resolutions are wonderful things (although you can set goals any day of the year), but they must be specific. Saying, “I will be a better person” is admirable sentiment, but what does it mean and how are you going to do this?

  • Give more to charities?
  • Being more positive in your life outlook? (again really hard to monitor this, unless you tell someone who can say, “You really are being a sour puss these days”).

Make your goals and resolutions tangible and measurable and you are more likely to succeed. Also, remember to put your resolutions somewhere where you can be reminded about them.

  1. Set the background of your computer or tablet with them?
  2. Put them on your refrigerator?
  3. Tell your spouse, they will remind you.

All Those Happy New Years

Yes, for many years I have wished you a Happy New Year

Yes, I really did start in 2005.

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