Featured Future Planning and Financial Planning Articles
Here are a few of the great articles about future planning and financial planning that were posted today: Are You Ready for Your Financial Future? This is an important subject for everyone — not just women. However, there are some aspects of planning for a financial future that seem to hit women especially hard. Here are some things to consider as you build your own future Read more at Planting Money Seeds. Prepare for the Future by Owning Your Past As an undergrad, I majored in History, so it should not be surprising that I am a firm believer in knowing where you have been. When it comes to personal finances, I think understanding your past is the key to planning a successful future. Read more at The Dog Ate…
Featured “Happiness, Hobbies, and Money” Articles
It's time to highlight some of the awesome articles about happiness, hobbies, & money that went live today: Can Money Buy You Happiness? Can money buy you happiness? Think about it - if in general you are an unhappy person, but tomorrow you won the LottoMax jackpot of $30 million dollars (tax free) would you suddenly become a happy person? Initially I think many people would. But it goes along the same lines as when a person that is heavy says “I will be happy when I lose 50 pounds” or whatever they want to lose. Again, you may feel happy the first few days, but how long will it last? Read more at Tackling Our Debt. 7 Lifelong Hobbies You Can Enjoy On a Budget When we first started…
Featured Family & Money Posts
Here are a few of the many great posts about family and money that were posted today: Yearly Expenses for a Family of Five How much does it cost to support a family? Well it’s different for everyone! But to help you figure out what’s right for your family I thought I would share our yearly expenses for a family of five for the past 2 years. Read more at Money Master Mom. Don't Let High School Keepsakes Eat Your Budget The cost of high school keepsakes such as studio photos, class rings and varsity jackets usually results in sticker shock on behalf of parents, followed up by “Who needs all that stuff anyway?” I don’t think one should dismiss traditional high school keepsakes, even if you are surprised at…
Getting Started With Women’s Money Week – Why Hold Yourself Accountable
First, welcome to Women's Money Week. We've relaunched after an incredibly successful 1st Annual Women's Money Week in March. We are now a weekly resource designed to help you take action each week. Instead of just reading information that *theoretically* you can translate into action down the line, you are now asked to take action. Women's Money Week will provide you with one action item per week. You can opt to ignore it or you can commit to reshaping your financial future - one week at a time. Getting Started with Women's Money Week in 4 Steps 1. Sign Up: Subscribe to our Email List If you aren't already on our mailing list, please sign up here. Once a week, on Wednesday mornings, we will email you to let you…
How to Set Goals That Stick
It's important to set goals for yourself so that you have a plan for your life and know what you want to accomplish. Dreaming and developing goals is easy enough, but it's the following through and reaching those goals that can be difficult sometimes. (more…)
Taking Action Daily: The Pathway to Success
Goals can get you everywhere, IF you take regular action on them. Remember, actionable goals are SMART goals -- those that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. Taking action daily on them puts you on the pathway to success. (more…)
The Five Stumbling Blocks to Effective Action – And How to Avoid Them
Have you ever heard the phrases "all bark and no bite" or "don't talk about it, be about it"? They both mean the same thing: talk without action is pointless. (more…)
How I Solved $40,000 of Personal Debt
In retrospect, it's pretty embarrassing that I managed to get myself into more than $40,000 of personal debt. I combined numerous bad spending decisions with a complete lack of understanding of how credit cards work to amass this unsavory, and unenviable, total. Add to that a few ill-timed job losses which caused me to move back in with my parents, and there I was - a single, twenty-something guy facing a mountain of bills and credit card debts that couldn't be paid for.Fortunately, this story has a happy ending. I was able to solve my massive debt woes in only a few years without ever having to file for bankruptcy or pay for debt counseling. I did it all on my own, and you can too.Here are seven steps to…
Win an Autographed Copy of Debt-Free Forever by Gail Vaz-Oxlade
Gail Vaz-Oxlade, host of TV shows Til Debt Do Us Part and Princess, and author of 4 books, is sponsoring today's giveaway - 3 autographed copies of her book Deb-Free Forever. To be entered to win, just leave a comment below answering the question "What's your favorite tip for staying on top of debt?" Winners will be randomly selected using a random number generator. Sorry, this giveaway is now over. Winners will be notified via email. Be sure to check out Gail's blog and her books (all available on Amazon). US and Canada residents only please. Winners will be notified by email and asked to provide their mailing address. Void where prohibited.