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MANAGING IT ALL: MY FIRST STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT IS HERE
I just made my first student loan payment last week….and everything just got real, folks. According to the Wall Street Journal, with 2015...
BORROW FROM YOURSELF
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” Source: NLG It’s one of those classics that falls...
IT’S TIME TO CLOSE THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS GENDER GAP
Women earn 78 cents to every dollar that men earn, according to the U. S. Department of Labor. That’s 23% less than their male...
WHEN DID I BECOME A HAM ON RYE? | TIPS FOR LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN YOUR GOLDEN YEARS
I have aging parents. But I don’t have children. Am I still considered part of the “Sandwich Generation” or does lack of one slice of...
HOW TO LIVE A LIFE YOU LOVE
Many of us struggle to find balance in our lives and often feel like we could have the life we love if only…. And the “if only” list can...
WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF CHANGE?
Change is hard and has the capacity to totally freak people out. It can happen subtly, like the weather changing or the store being out...
WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO BE A ROLE MODEL
Two years ago my daughter Lindsey had to select a role model for a report in her 7th grade class. She chose Taylor Swift. Not a bad...
THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE| THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT I EVER RECEIVED
There are not many jobs that allow you to receive that type of compliment. No, I’m not an EMT, a police officer or a doctor. I didn’t...
HOW SHOULD I DOUBLE MY MONEY? HERE ARE SOME CHARITABLE GIVING TIPS
We’ve been going through a fun and interesting debate in my family: Now that we can double our money, who should get it? Source: NLG No,...
SECRETS OF A FORMER FINANCIAL ADVISOR: DANCE WITH THE ONE WHO BRUNG YOU
“Dance With The One Who Brung You” – Old Southern Saying (with various ungrammatical variations). Source: NLG “A man with a watch knows...
HOW I PAID FOR THE LIFE INSURANCE I DIDN’T THINK I COULD AFFORD
Life insurance can be a less than fun topic to think and read about. I get it; life insurance makes you think about things that you’d...
WHAT ARE YOUR BLIND SPOTS?
Blind spots. We all have them. When you’re driving your car, you intuitively know that there are objects that you can’t see. In life,...
CAN WE TALK? | FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH YOUR SPOUSE
Call me crazy but between juggling work schedules, playing hot potato with parenting duties (“but I read stories last night…”), and...
IS A SINGLE PREMIUM DEFERRED ANNUITY RIGHT FOR ME?
Single Premium Deferred Annuities (SPDAs) are not often talked about. Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of awareness of what this product...
9 ½ LESSONS ABOUT MONEY AND LIFE (THAT ONLY TOOK ME FORTY YEARS TO LEARN)
I’ve had some really great mentors along the way, both professional and personal, who bravely shared their “warts and all” wisdom and...
TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR DESTINY
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated in a number of different ways across our great nation. In many communities, MLK day is...
HOW TO SAVE FOR COLLEGE
Every parent wants success for their child. There can be no better payment for the years of sleeplessness and Dora the Explorer you’ve...
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A FINANCIAL CHECKUP?
Every year, I have the opportunity to get a health screening. I get updated on my cholesterol, blood pressure, height and weight–the...
PLANNING FOR COLLEGE
Planning for college inspires hopes, dreams and unfortunately stress over paying for it. Don’t let the anxiety of financing college dull...
HE SAID. SHE SAID. WAYS TO SHOW YOUR LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine’s Day is approaching and could be the opportunity to try something new to express your love, perhaps something a little...
US National Debt Clock : Real Time
Charting America’s Debt: $31 Trillion and Counting. Failing to plan is planning to fail!
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