Wallet Hub’s 20 Financial Resolutions

The first of the year brings both the promise of new beginnings and the burden of self‐improvement. Fueled by the nostalgia of the holidays and armed with a year’s worth of regrets, some 45% of Americans decide to make New Year’s resolutions each January, according to research from the University of Scranton.

Neither historically low odds of success nor uncertainty about the best resolutions to make should discourage you from improving your financial habits, however. WalletHub’s editors have crafted the following list of the 10 Best Financial Resolutions for 2017, along with some helpful pointers for bringing them to fruition.