If managing our money feels difficult, TALKING about money is even more difficult. Add in any underlying relationship dynamics (no matter what they are!), and you’re setting the scene for a really terrible conversation. Money conversations aren’t easy, but they’re…
Minimalism Challenge: What I Learned
With COVID restrictions, fewer daylight hours and colder weather, I’m finding myself spending a whole LOT of time inside my house. And to be quite honest, I’m not loving what I’m seeing. The uncertainty of the world seems to have…
Minimizing the Big 3 Expenses: Creative Ideas
The personal finance community is often guilty of focusing on the little wins – skipping the $4 latte, for example. But the reality? Skipping your $4 latte here or there likely isn’t going to move the needle. In comparison, did…
Easy New Year’s Money Moves Everyone Should Make
We made it! 2020 was a roller coaster, fam. The symbolic flip over to 2021 feels like a new start – a blank page. Even though pieces of the 2020 dumpster fire will inevitably come along for the ride, let’s…
The Personal Finance Ladder: Roadmap for Financial Success
What up fam! Where do we start on our journey toward financial success? How do we prioritize spending, saving, investing and paying off debt? What does that personal finance ladder look like? If I have extra money at the end…
My Favorite Personal Finance Books
What up fam! Y’all – why is it suddenly below zero outside? Anyone else entering prime hibernation mode for the year? I can’t think of anything that goes better with our annual hibernation time than a stack of hair-raising, enthralling,…