Sunday: Goals and Taking Action Now that we’ve had the whole series of topics from Women’s Money Week and I’ve shared with you my ideas, thoughts, and experiences, what will you do to just get started today?  Do you have short-term and long-term financial goals? Have you tracked your household spending? Have you set-up a… Continue reading Just Get Started Today

Saturday: Debt Debt is not necessarily bad.  Buying a house with a mortgage means you have debt.  Home ownership is not a bad thing.  Buying a house for more than you can honestly afford (making you “house poor”) is a bad thing. The trick is you need to decide the level of debt you’re comfortable… Continue reading Debt: You Decide

Friday: Money in Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and Retirement I’d like to introduce you to your new friends: Early, Often, and Compounding Interest.  Early and Often are twins who go hand-in-hand because they enjoy spending time together.  The sooner you meet these two and make them your friends, the better off you’ll be.  Save… Continue reading Meet Your New Friends

Thursday: Budgeting What does it mean to “budget?”  Everyone has a different idea of what a budget is and how it should be used.  For some people, it’s allotting an arbitrary amount of money to be spent for a time period.  For others, it’s deciding what to spend money on and what not to spend… Continue reading What Does It Mean to Budget?

When talk turns to  investing money, there’s only one way to make it possible: by saving money.  You have to have saved money to be able to invest it.  The only way to save money to have it for investing is by spending less than you earn.  Living frugally is the way to get there,… Continue reading Frugal Living is the Key to Saving

Tuesday: Relationships and Money Relationships and money can cause an uneasy alliance.  It can create contentious situations.  When you and your honey have differing goals, conflicting ideas or don’t know each other’s financial history, you are setting yourselves up for a losing situation. Poor interaction regarding finances in your relationship can keep you from reaching… Continue reading Money and Your Honey

Monday: Entrepreneurship When it comes to clever marketing campaigns, Nike’s tag line is usually at the top.  They certainly get credit for the phrase “Just Do It” which is a good one.  But I think the more difficult part is to “Just Get Started.”  My marketing campaign is “Just Get Started” because often times, that’s… Continue reading Just Get Started

This week I’m participating in Women’s Money Week, organized by Elizabeth Sanberg (writer for Wise Bread and co-founder of GoGreenTravelGreen) and Jackie Beck of MoneyCrush.com.  The idea behind Women’s Money Week is for bloggers to focus on issues related to women and money.  This week long focus coincides with International Women’s Day. Our goal is… Continue reading Women’s Money Week

The biggest problem with budgeting (other than being incredibly boring to most people) is that people don’t do it.  What most commonly happens is that as people earn more money as they progress in their careers, they simply spend more money.  Basically, people spend what they earn.  (Some even spend more than the earn but… Continue reading The Problem with Budgeting