“It’s almost like a hangover,” says Brandon Welch of Newport Wealth Advisors in San Diego. “You’re left in this kind of limbo where the fun is over and now you’re thinking about New Year’s, and resolutions are top of mind.”
All too often, it’s at the end of the holiday season when the money worries really start to sting.
The gifts have been given and the gatherings have started to peter out. But in the slower stint between Christmas and New Year’s, the stress caused by looking back on financial choices begins to collide with that linked to planning ahead.
