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By Cameron Huddleston, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger.com

December 29, 2010

I just tried to introduce the idea of New Year's resolutions to my 6-year-old daughter. "For example," I said, "you could resolve not to complain so much." She quickly dismissed the idea, saying that she'd forget about her resolution and continue complaining. So true. After all, statistics show that more than half the people who make resolutions give up on them half way through the year.

Does that mean you shouldn't even bother? No (especially if you're 6 and complain a lot). I rounded up a lot of good advice from around the Web on how to make financial resolutions you can keep and set goals you can reach.

How to Set New Year's Resolutions You'll Actually Keep [Get Rich Slowly]
"Instead of tackling many resolutions every year, I only tackle one."

Wellness and Wealth Run Neck-and-Neck on New Year's Resolutions Lists [WalletPop]
"While 44% of people seem to want a money pro's help, only 33% said they would actually be including a financial plan of some sort in their list of New Year's resolutions for 2011."

Set up a Personal Financial Calendar, Get Organized for the Year [The Digerati Life]
This step-by-step guide can help tackle money tasks throughout the year.

10 Free Financial Services to Help You Dominate Your Financial Resolutions [20somethingfinance]
"And some of these things aren’t services at all, but rather, ways that you can get free money that you might be missing out on."

My 7 Worst Money Mistakes [Budgets Are Sexy]
I want to share them with you because it’s so much easier to learn from other people’s mistakes than it is to learn them the hard way.

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