Stick to Your Financial Plan by Making Your Goals Exciting

You dont see the words finance and exciting used in the same sentence very often.

Personal finance is a pretty boring topic.

Because of that, its easy to neglect our financial goals.

To build momentum and stay motivated to achieve those goals, make them small and exciting.

Weve told you that its important toset smaller milestones for your goals.

This helps break them up and make them a bit more digestible.

What did those books tell me to do?

Set relatively short-term goals with exciting outcomes.

This was a very clear goal with a very clear outcome less stuff, more cash.

It was a clear, attainable, and exciting personal finance goal.

When drafting your financial goal, it helps to define it in those termsclear, attainable, and exciting.

Theres nothing exciting about cleaning out your closet and selling stuff on eBay.

But paying off a credit card when youve been in debt for a long time?Thatsexciting.

This is whyfinancial challengescan be fun and effective.

This excitement is a great introduction into a more financially savvy lifestyle.

Instead of seeing finance as a boring chore, it becomes an exciting series of small wins.

Over time, these small wins will help you reach your larger goals.

For more detail, check out Hamms full post at the link below.

Setting Attainable and Exciting Financial Goals| The Simple Dollar

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