Elizabeth, Author at Women’s Money

11Mar 2012 by Elizabeth

5 Small Goals (with Huge Impact) You Can Make Today

Lofty goals are crucial to financial success. They motivate you and give you direction. But small goals should also be a part of your larger plan (because a large goal without incremental steps is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.) Here are five small goals you can set today that will lead to your financial success: 1) Goal: Stay Up to Date with Personal Finance One of the best ways to achieve financial success is to keep up to date on what’s new in personal finance. Here are a few great ways to do that: (more…)

Money In Your Twenties

Money in Your 20s/30s/40s/50s/Retirement, Popular

Your 20's look very different today than they did even 10 years ago. Sure, you graduate from college and hopefully get out on your own. But these days, you're lucky to get a job, and you may be saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. But there is hope. Here's what I wish I'd known about money in my 20's. (more…)

Should You Budget? No, Don’t Budget

Budgeting

What’s the second worst “B” word? Budget. Most people equate the word “budget” with something awful - like deprivation. No one is ever excited about budgeting, because it always means you don’t have enough of something. And not having enough, well who likes that? When you set out to budget, few people think of that as reallocating their resources. Rather, they think of it as cutting back. (more…)

Author: Elizabeth