WEEK FOUR OBJECTIVE: Create your Money Cascade and Conscious Lifestyle Inflation Plan with REWARDS. This week we will be hands-on. You will use the provided printables to plan how you will use money now and in the future. Your plans will include rewards to celebrate the amazing progress you make because life is a gift, …
It’s Go Time. Decide what tools you feel comfortable with and get started. If you want to stick with paper and pencil Find a sturdy notebook Figure out how you will format your information to make it understandable Decide the frequency you will update your balances Mark the schedule on your calendar with reminders, so …
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When we are teenagers, money may be simple. We babysit, we get money. We eat pizza, we spend money. The amount of pizza we can eat is directly tied to the amount of babysitting we do. As we get older our money may be more complicated. We have monthly expenses like rent, annual expenses like …
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What is Net Worth mean anyway? Net Worth is simply the current value of all your assets (bank accounts, house, car, collectibles, etc…) MINUS all of your debts (mortgage, student loans, car loan, credit card balances, etc…) For example, if you have the following assets: A home with a current Zestimate of $100,000 A car …
CNBC reports that overdraft fees and late payments cost Americans an average of nearly $250 a year. Avoid this expense by enrolling in AutoPay for as many of your services and utilities as possible. Some are concerned that there won’t be enough money in their checking account to meet all their expenses and they will …
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On your journey to take charge of your finances you will be accessing all your accounts. This is the optimal time to sign up for a Password Manager such as LastPass or Keeper. Your biggest risk to your accounts is created by using the same password for multiple accounts. But who can keep tracks or …
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Women and Investing: 20 Years of Research and Statistics Summarized https://www.fool.com/research/women-in-investing-research/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Only 52% of women say they’re confident managing investments As women age, they get more confident in their investing skills Women keep almost 70% of their portfolios in cash Women may shy away from risk to their detriment Women earn up to …
Track Spending For A Week NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t make me….. pleeeeeeease. It’s going to be ok. Almost everyone agrees tracking spending is tedious. You do not need to track every expense for the rest of your life, however tracking every expense for a week can be eye-opening. If you have ever gotten to the end of …
WEEK THREE OBJECTIVE: Consider which tools CAN make your money management easier This week we will decide what tools we can use to make managing our money easy. Automation and online tools can make managing your money almost effortless. Of course, what you do is completely up to you. Many are concerned that if I …
Welcome Book Club members! This six-week series will empower you to manage your money with confidence! You will join six to twelve other women following a six-week series on how to manage your money with a family. Everyone will read, watch, or listen to some of the weeks “reading list”, share your thoughts in the …
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