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Make 2017 the year you stop moaning and start acting, writes Emma Kennedy

Inertia is a major issue when it comes to many financial products Pic: Getty

January lends itself to a lot of soul-searching, given the hum of good intention in the air. A few years ago I abandoned new year resolutions in favour of something more akin to an annual to-do list.

Part of the exercise is to stop myself from making the same old mistakes and remaining stuck in the same well-worn ruts, year in, year out.

Stubbornly continuing along familiar paths is something that, financially speaking, ...