Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Now we are looking forward to the New Year. As you look to the new year now is probably the best to look back at the goals you set last year and what goals you want to achieve this coming year. If you want to simplify your financial lifestyle now is the time to start planning how you will begin or continue to simplify your financial lifestyle.

This week’s edition of Simple Weekend Reading Roundup features some recent articles I have read that I believe can help you with planning your finances for the coming year:

In order to set goals and begin simplifying your finances you must have a objective or purpose.  Money Matters offers  Do You Have Financial Purpose Or Do You Just Manage Your Money? which can help you.

If you want to simplify your finances you must have clear goals and step to take, Steve Pavlna offers  11 Ways to Gain Clarity to help clearly define your objectives and goals.

Now is the perfect time to begin your financial plans for 2010.  Money Energy offers some tips on how you can plan in 2010 with Have You Made Your Financial Plan For 2010?

I am always looking for quick simple action to take to simplify things.  Budgets are Sexy does that in 3 Simple Steps To Rock Your Finances.

When setting your goals consider this question posted by Five Nickel
Can You Retire With a Million Dollars? This question will help you determine if you are saving enough and what type of financial lifestyle you want to live in retirement.

Now is also a good time to review your current asset allocation as well.  Oblivious Investor offers some basics to asset allocation in Asset Allocation for Beginner Investors.

Here are this week’s Personal Finance Carnivals which I participated in.  There are many other personal financial articles you may find interesting in these carnivals why not check them out.

Money Hack Carnival #96 hosted by Own the Dollar

Carnival of Personal Finance – Parts of Speech Abuse Edition hosted by Mighty Bargin Hunter

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