The Beginning of the End: The Financial Facade Until last year, I have never had more than $1000 in my bank account and I have virtually been living paycheck to paycheck for over 12 years of my life! Boy, I don’t know what to call that, but it goes something like this; BROKE, UNCERTAIN, STUPID, […]
Cost Concerned in AZ Is Afraid to Start A Budget and Take Control of Her Financial Future.
Dear Susie G, After my husband has spent years imploring me to consider commingling our money and setting a budget, I have finally acquiesced. But where to begin. Here are my main mental blocks about this: How do I get over the feeling of being totally restricted by our budget? I’ve spent my entire adult […]
Can YOU Sustain a Financial Emergency? Emergency Funds, and Traveling with Cash, YOU have got to be Crazy!
In February 2015, a new chapter of my life began. I was engaged, happy, healthy, and confident in most of the areas of my life, except for one. Yep, you guessed it, my financial life. If you give an area of your life little or no intentional attention, it will get away from you and […]
11 Reasons Why You Will Always Be Broke.
I have worked in Financial Services for 10 years and I have learned a lot of things along the way and talked to a lot of people about this little thing called MONEY. Some of us have figured it out, some of us haven’t. For some of us, it is our best friend and for […]