As someone who has long been an avid Dave Ramsey follower, I was shocked to learn that most successful, financially savvy business people are, in fact, in some kind of debt. Let me back up and make one clarification–there are many, MANY kinds of debt that are BAD. Just about every credit card debt, especially store credit cards, are very, very bad debt. I am not saying this to make…
One of the many beauties of the internet is the wealth of information out there, especially from armchair experts such as myself. The truth is, if you’re willing to do your research, you can learn so much from peoples’ firsthand experiences. Today I thought I would share a bit of wisdom I learned along the way and I hope you find it valuable! I did not focus on making a…
I had planned on writing about packing today but, long story short, I don’t have my luggage right now to photograph. It’s currently somewhere in between Nashville and Pensacola. Anyway, stay tuned for a post next week on the art of packing. Onto today’s post… A few weeks ago, Jim and I went down to New Smyrna Beach to visit his parents who were escaping the brutal Michigan winter to…
Like any good millennial, I’m in to podcasts. If you’re not a millennial (my website analytics tell me that I’m quite popular with the over-60 crowd. Hi, Mom and Dad!) and don’t know what a podcast is, it’s basically on-demand (think Netflix) talk radio. Because I have a roughly hour commute two days per week, it’s nice to use that time wisely to learn a few new things. Rare are…
A few weeks ago, I shared how much I enjoy working with my financial planner and I also made a quick mention of the financial planner I had been working with prior to him. Let’s just say it wasn’t a good match. While this particular financial planner is fantastic for some people I know, she just, simply put, did not work for me. As women, many of us gain a sense…
I’ve written extensively about how your 30s are way better than your 20s, and one of the main reasons that that is true for me is simple–I have a lot more money now. This is largely due to the fact that I chose education as my first career path and well, just about every other field is way more lucrative. Money, of course, isn’t everything, but it is nice to…
Perhaps the #1 question I get asked is, “How do you stay so organized?” I would be lying if I said it’s all an act and that I’m kind of a mess and that it’s all for the ‘gram. That wouldn’t be true. I am, in fact, super organized and share this on social not to give you a complex but to show you how you can do it too!…
Oy, unpopular opinion much? It seems as though every millennial you talk to is somehow in the process of starting his/her own business with the hope to eventually take it full time. While I openly admit that this was once my plan and trajectory, thinking back on it, I realized my intentions for this were not altogether pure. If you have drank the millennial “you must be self employed by…
If there is one thing I’ve learned from my years of schooling (19 to be exact), it’s this: the moment you feel like you’ve learned it all, you’re doomed to failure. I may be a so-called “authority” on certain topics, but I hope to never consider myself an expert. There is always more you can learn. So, when I got the idea for this post, I asked my dad to…
[wysija_form id=”1″] Now that college seniors are looking ahead to the next big step when it comes the wonderful world of professional life, I thought I’d do a little list of all the things I wish I knew when I was wide-eyed and thought that my $30,000 salary was the end of the rainbow finance-wise. I did SO many financially stupid things in my 20s, and wish I could go…