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title: 5 Easy Financial Resolutions - Part 3 | Wealth Woman
description: 5 Easy Financial Resolutions One a day for five days Think about your purpose  
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# [5 Easy Financial Resolutions - Part 3 | Wealth Woman](https://wealthwoman.com/resources/blog/2019/01/09/5-easy-financial-resolutions-part-3)

 Written by [Mary Lyons](https://wealthwoman.com/resources/author/mary-lyons) | Jan 9, 2019 6:00:00 AM

# 5 Easy Financial Resolutions

## One a day for five days

### Think about your purpose

 If money was no object, how would you spend your time? If you aren’t already doing those things, why aren’t you? Is it a matter of money? Identifying what is really important to you will help you actually get to have/do those things. If you know what you are saving for – the ability to “retire” and spend your time doing whatever you really want to do – it becomes easier to save money. The main reason most people aren’t happy is that they trade what they really want for what they want right now. Figure out what $1,000 dollars saved means for retirement. If you invested 100 dollars for 20 years and earned an average of 6% a year, it would grow to over $3,200 dollars. What could you do with that money

Next time: Part 4 – Use budgeting software

 

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