Planning · Video
The No-Resolutions Approach to Money
With Colin Meeks, CFP® · Published January 21, 2026
What this one covers
January produces financial resolutions the way it produces gym memberships, and with the same survival rate. Colin's counterproposal: skip the dramatic overhaul and build one or two boring systems that don't need your motivation to keep working.
Automated savings, a debt payoff order, a calendar for the money tasks that actually matter. Unsexy, effective, very much on brand for us.
Takeaways
- Systems beat resolutions because they don't rely on February willpower
- Automate the savings first; budgets follow behavior better than they lead it
- One planning conversation in January beats twelve resolutions
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