The journey from divorce to earning your worth – 3 tips  #WMW16

The journey from divorce to earning your worth – 3 tips #WMW16

#WMW16, Entrepreneurship / Making Money, Relationships & Money, Women's Money Week
As a divorced woman, I know well the trials and tribulations of this life event. Most of us don’t think about our earning power when we marry. Our lives are full of many things beyond career- from home to relationships and children. So when divorce happens, and money begins to demand our serious consideration, we are often awash in fear and confusion. Read More >>by Mikelann Valterra
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Simple Ways to Organize Your Financial Documents  #WMW16

Simple Ways to Organize Your Financial Documents #WMW16

#WMW16, Budgeting, Goals / Taking Action, Miscellaneous, Money in Your 20s/30s/40s/50s/Retirement, Relationships & Money, Saving & Investing, Women's Money Week
Chances are that organizing your finances probably doesn’t rank at the top of your list of awesome ways to spend an afternoon.But this to-do is just as important—if not more so—than cleaning out your closet or tidying up the garage. And, at some point, we all just need to buckle down and tackle it.Here is a simple two-step approach to organizing your financial documents. Keep Track of Electronic Accounts Organize your electronic passwords. You can do this with the Electronic Accounts Recorder.  This handy tool is available through the Women's Money mentoring program or in your Women's Money Guidebook.Create a One Sheet "Map" of Important DocumentsUse a Vital Documents Inventory to keep track of documents like: passports,birth certificates,stock certificates,social security card,  immunization records, etc. The Vital Documents Inventory Sheet is also another…
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How Divorce Affects Your Money

Popular, Relationships & Money
Like death, divorce is a topic most of us would prefer to avoid. While divorce doesn't have the 100% occurrence rate that death does, the statistics are still sobering. According to a paper published by the CDC on Marriage and Cohabitation in the United States, "The probability that the first marriages of women and men will survive to at least 10 years was 0.64 (or 64%) for women and 0.66 for men in 2002; the remainder of first marriages dissolved through divorce or separation within 10 years." (more…)
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Money Fights and How to Resolve Them

Relationships & Money
The biggest problems in relationships and the causes of divorce in the U.S. revolve around money issues. Financial problems can get in the way of your relationship if you let them, but it's all about communication and compromise. Here are a few common reasons couples fight about money -- and how to resolve these issues before they interfere with your relationship: (more…)
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