Managing Money in Everyday Life

Is Hiring A Coach Worth The Money? (And Do I Need One?)

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You’re ready to make a significant change or to improve some part of your life. But you’re struggling to do it on your own. You’re finding it challenging to stay on top of “all the things” to know or with motivation or mindset to reach your goal. Whether the changes we want to make or […]

How Do I Adopt An Abundance Mindset and Why Is It Important?

As you navigate day-to-day life, you face plenty of challenges. Dealing with issues at work, at home, or with personal situations can be a real struggle. Another thing you might find difficult is accepting responsibility for your happiness and success. While you do plenty of things right, you may not realize you’re setting up barriers […]

What Should Others Know If Something Bad Happens To Me?

You’ve heard the saying, “hope for the best but prepare for the worst,” and maybe you’ve taken it to heart. You’re getting ready to buy life insurance and researching disability insurance plans. And perhaps you’ve even written down some information on ‘in case of emergency documents’. But it’s all you’ve managed to do, in terms […]

What Is Impostor Syndrome And Can It Affect My Finances?

You get an acceptance letter from your “reach” college. You land your dream job. Your annual review is glowing. You ace a challenging certification exam. You get a promotion at work. Your small business is thriving. These are all examples of times when you should feel excitement and pride for your hard work, dedication, and […]

Is It Better To Donate Time Or Money To A Charity?

You want to do good in the world. That’s incredible. What’s even more beautiful is you’re not alone. In 2018, both volunteering and charitable giving of time and money broke records. Over 77 million American adults engaged in donating time in 2018. During the same year giving topped $400 billion for the very first time. […]

What Is The Best Way To Handle A Difficult Work Colleague?

You landed your dream job but it’s turned into a nightmare because of a difficult colleague in the office. You’ve been a happy employee for years and a new hire is now causing you more stress than you deserve. Maybe you’re re-thinking your whole career after taking time off because of a situation with a […]

Retail Therapy: Is Emotional Spending Ever A Good Idea?

Whether you believe that money can buy happiness or not, research shows shopping can improve your mood. And while it might only be a temporary fix for some, emotional spending isn’t always a wrong financial move. Plenty of people use retail therapy when they are upset about something at work, sad about a relationship ending, […]

Why Is It Important For Women To Get Life Insurance? [And How Much Should They Get?]

If you have a love-hate relationship with insurance, you’re not alone. You love the peace of mind and protection insurance provides but hate seeing premium payments leave your bank account. Buying health, auto, disability, or homeowners/renter’s insurance helps protect you from being financially devastated by severe illnesses, injuries, accidents, or other events that could happen. […]

Financial Mission Statement: What Is It? Why And How Do I Create One?

Staying focused on your financial goals can be difficult. You know what they are. And you know you’ll be better off if you stick to them. But you also have a lot going on in your life. You may be paying down debt, saving for college, helping out your aging parents financially, or catching up […]

How Do I Order, Read and Understand My Credit Report?

Your credit report contains a great deal of information about your financial past: Your current and past debt balances How often you’ve missed payments Where you’ve applied for credit Information on bankruptcies and tax liens How far behind you are on child support Your previous addresses Previous employers and more Since your credit report contains […]

What Are The Best Ways To Financially Prepare For A Baby?

Your family is growing! Whether this is your first time becoming a mom or not, preparing to have a baby brings a whirlwind of feelings, emotions, and worries. One of the biggest concerns moms-to-be face is a financial one. You may have seen estimates that it costs $233,000 to raise a child from birth to […]

Starter House Or Forever Home? Considerations When Buying Your First Place

Buying a home is exciting. It’s also one of the most significant financial decisions you’ll ever make. So you want to get it right – and you want to get it right the first time. If you’re purchasing your first home, you may wonder if you should buy a “starter” home or a “forever” home. […]

Am I Frugal Or Cheap? [How To Tell And Why It Matters]

Whether you just embraced the concept or you’ve had a focus on becoming financially independent for years, you’re building good money habits and saving for the future. In order to save more, you may be tracking expenses, using a budget, working side hustles or adopting a minimalist lifestyle. You might even do all of those […]

How Do I Handle Office Gifting And Soliciting To Not Go Broke?

Like you, your co-worker’s lives are bigger than their jobs. They have birthdays, weddings, start families, retire, and have to sell their kid’s fundraising trinkets. Often, these personal events spill over into the workplace. Depending on the size of your company, it may seem like the celebration collection plate, or fundraiser order form is getting […]

What Are Sinking Funds and Are They Smart To Have?

It can be overwhelming to learn how to manage your money and build a financially secure future. Paying down debt, budgeting, tracking expenses, saving an emergency fund, and opening investment accounts take patience and focus. You’ve made good progress some months, but sticking to a budget and saving money has been hard. Bills and expenses […]

How Do You Know If You’re Financially Healthy?

There is good debt and bad debt, and there are high credit scores and low ones. There are also positive net worths and negative ones. Those are just some of the many ways people gauge their finances. With so many money metrics, how do you actually measure your financial health? Of course, personal finance is […]

Is Buying A Short Sale, Foreclosure Or REO Home Too Risky?

Whether you’re looking for a bargain on your first home, hoping to score a great deal on a bigger house, looking for a house to flip, or investing in another rental property – your attention is focused on foreclosures. But is it a good idea or way too risky to buy a home in foreclosure? […]

Tipping: Should I Tip? When And How Much?

When it comes to tipping, there are no hard and fast rules. And everyone does it differently. As a customer, you’re left to wonder – when should you tip? Who should you tip? How much? And what if you don’t have any cash? To help you, below is a general guide for when and how […]

What Does Becoming Financially Independent Mean?

If you are financially savvy and on your way to a secure retirement, you may believe you already know the steps to work toward financial independence. But if you are climbing out of debt, and just taking control of your money, financial security might seem entirely out of reach. If you have kids, focusing on […]

How Can I Make (and Save) Money With Spring Cleaning?

While having a clean house and sprucing up your yard might be your goals, have you considered that you can make money with spring cleaning too? As you make your house sparkle, items you no longer use or need can be heading to a new owner by selling or donating them. You might even save […]

What Are The Best Ways To Manage Money After Job Loss?

In some ways, it’s our greatest fear. Losing a job means losing financial security, the ability to pay bills, maybe even your home. Your job may currently feel stable and your career field always hiring. But a job loss can come without warning, seemingly out of nowhere. The Wall Street Journal previously reported low rates […]

Is Joining A Warehouse Club Worth the Money?

Whether you want to stop living paycheck to paycheck, build up reserves in your emergency fund, or max out your 401k contributions, you need to save money to focus on your financial goals. With the average price of food rising about 2% over the last year and understanding that grocery and household purchases are a […]

What Are The Best Ways For Keeping My Family Safe From Identity Theft?

Thanks to data breach after data breach, online security and identity theft are at the forefront of most adults’ minds. Most of us work pretty hard to keep ourselves safe online. We log out of public computers after using them. We create different usernames. And we change our passwords regularly. We even resist the urge […]

College Students And Money: Should College Students Have Credit Cards?

For many young adults, college is when the topic of money and finances gets real. Many college students start to manage money on their own for the first time in their lives. College students use money daily. Many have recurring bills to pay, such as rent, insurance, and tuition. They also have to pay for […]

How Can I Spruce Up My Home for Spring and Pay For It All?

The snow is melting, the birds are chirping, the daffodils are peeking out from the freshly thawed ground. It’s spring! There are some things you probably need to attend to around your home. Of course, there are also probably a handful of wants you’d love to address. Here’s how you might consider sprucing up your […]

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Is Hiring A Coach Worth The Money? (And Do I Need One?)

How Do I Adopt An Abundance Mindset and Why Is It Important?

What Should Others Know If Something Bad Happens To Me?

What Is Impostor Syndrome And Can It Affect My Finances?

Is It Better To Donate Time Or Money To A Charity?

What Is The Best Way To Handle A Difficult Work Colleague?

Retail Therapy: Is Emotional Spending Ever A Good Idea?

Why Is It Important For Women To Get Life Insurance? [And How Much Should They Get?]

Financial Mission Statement: What Is It? Why And How Do I Create One?

How Do I Order, Read and Understand My Credit Report?

What Are The Best Ways To Financially Prepare For A Baby?

Starter House Or Forever Home? Considerations When Buying Your First Place

Am I Frugal Or Cheap? [How To Tell And Why It Matters]

How Do I Handle Office Gifting And Soliciting To Not Go Broke?

What Are Sinking Funds and Are They Smart To Have?

How Do You Know If You’re Financially Healthy?

Is Buying A Short Sale, Foreclosure Or REO Home Too Risky?

Tipping: Should I Tip? When And How Much?

What Does Becoming Financially Independent Mean?

How Can I Make (and Save) Money With Spring Cleaning?

What Are The Best Ways To Manage Money After Job Loss?

Is Joining A Warehouse Club Worth the Money?

What Are The Best Ways For Keeping My Family Safe From Identity Theft?

College Students And Money: Should College Students Have Credit Cards?

How Can I Spruce Up My Home for Spring and Pay For It All?

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