Another New Years, Another Broken Resolution. Not this year! With 2012 upon us why not try and stick to them this year!? One of my New year’s resolutions is to save more money. A great tool I have recently started using to help make this goal more attainable is mint.com. Mint.com lets you import information from checking and savings accounts, credit cards, loans, your credit score and other investments and lets you create a budget. It categorizes all of your transactions and lets you know on a monthly basis where you can cutback. For each category, it gives you a budget and you can check back throughout the month and think to yourself… “Hmm maybe you I should spend less money on alcohol or shopping” (wishful thinking I’m sure). It gives you graphs and charts showing you from month to month how you have improved and tips to save more! It all sounds so simple, but when you look at the cold hard data it compiles, I was honestly shocked at the amount of money I spent shopping the last couple months! You can also add in customized goals (ie. Save for Luxurious Vacay or Save for Vera Wang Wedding Dress) that lets you track how much money you have contributed and how close you are to your goal. Who knows? Maybe this time next year you will have achieved some of your goals, instead setting the same old resolutions for 2013 so that you can reach for a new and exciting goal instead!
Wishing you all a happy, sexy and fun new year! Happy Saving!
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