Are You Ready to Finally Fix Your Finances - For Good?

In medieval times, anyone who violated the king’s rule, or posed a threat to the throne, could be locked away for any length of time without trial or hope of release. The infraction didn’t have to be particularly grievous— maybe a noble simply failed to follow the king’s orders fast enough.This practice is called “arbitrary…

One of the more memorable sayings my dad used to recite came from a character in a movie he watched as a kid: “Say what you want about my looks or my personality, but my finances are in order.” This bit of advice has been formative in my thinking on life. There are many things…

When it comes to money, everyone’s experience is different. We have different types of relationship with money and different attitudes towards it. What we do have in common is that we can grow in our money skills. Our decisions around money don’t have to be fixed; we can change in ways that support the life…

We all have aspirations about who we want to be or what we want to accomplish. But how many of us are willing to honestly evaluate our lives and determine if those intentions are actually being realized? One of my favorite ways to measure progress in my own life is to see how my actions…

You don’t have to be rich to live without financial stress. It’s true! I’ve lived most of my adult life without a big income or a ton of savings, but I’ve also largely avoided running into money problems or letting finances keep me up at night. When I started out on my own, my goal…

I love reading about how people think and feel about money. It’s an area some people find boring, but it’s actually full of interesting stories and insights into what motivates us as people. For example, I find it fascinating that as a group, we’re often embarrassed at how we’ve spent money in the past. Looking…

How to Be Confident in Your Money Choices In the real world, most people don’t have an accountant or financial advisor to help them make daily money decisions. We either outsource that responsibility to another member of our household or figure it out ourselves. There’s so much noise around money topics that it’s easy to…

Are you looking for a guaranteed investment? One that will never lose value no matter how the markets fluctuate and produce a steady “dividend” each and every year of your life? Then look no further than the power of spending less. Investing in stocks or real estate can feel like gambling with the money you’ve…

There’s no way around it, a solid emergency fund can save you from all kinds of trouble down the road. If you’re serious about playing the long-game with your finances, and coming out stronger, then you’ll have to prioritize saving. When it comes to building wealth, it seems, all of the attention goes to investing.…

To achieve any goal, you must make trade-offs. A world where you can focus on something new without giving anything up does not exist. To achieve financial independence, pay down debt, or boost your savings, you’ll have to spend less or make more. This is one of the reasons most people fail. Not because there…

If you feel you’re in a constant struggle to make ends meet, the promise of financial independence must seem like a fairy tale. But the truth is, this dream is far more attainable than it seems. Maybe you won’t get there this year or next, but some progress can be made in a matter of…