Budget Mondays

Monday – 12/30/2013

It’s Monday – a painful day for most people, yours truly included. Sometimes it is made even more painful as we remember just how much money we ended up spending over the weekend.

Budget

It’s one word that can make people cringe, angry and sad all at the same time, a rare occurrence indeed. There are plenty of reasons for this – people are told at work that their budgets are being cut, their ideas cannot be funded because they are not in the budget, and in our personal life, our budgets don’t usually quite match up to our desires.

Christmas is receding into the rearview mirror this week, and New Year’s is almost upon us. Year after year, many people make New Year’s resolutions to change something dramatic about their life – work, diet, exercise, and personal relationships all rank at the top of things that people wish to change and/or improve. These are all excellent areas to excel at, but there is another area that is, arguably, even more important than any of areas listed above. Personal finances are always a topic of discussion, and especially so after the holiday season.

What better time to start getting a better understanding of financial matters, and your own personal financial situation than at the beginning of a new year?

“A Fresh Pair of Eyes” is more than simply a blog, a newsletter, and a collection of books. It represents an idea – that anyone can understand finance, put it to work for themselves, and improve their personal financial situation. 2014 is a brand new year, with virtually endless opportunities for everyone to improve their personal financial situation through learning more about finance, getting better at budgeting, or even just being able to discuss these things with the people who mean the most to you.

Happy New Year!

Sean