THREE KEYS TO REINVENTING YOUR LIFE

The idea of financial freedom is appealing to millions who have embraced the FIRE movement, but the question remains, how does one build wealth? To put it in the simplest terms possible, you must own assets which are expected to increase in value over time. Specifically, there are three paths to creating wealth and obtaining […]

From David Rae via Forbes … Is your car payment going to leave you broke in the future? Do you know how much the average car payment is, and how much wealth that payment is costing you over your lifetime? How much car can you really afford? Should you lease or own? I don’t think […]

We’ve all probably heard of the common stereotypes about single moms. One of the most common stereotypes involves money – more specifically how single moms don’t have much of it. This is something I definitely did NOT want to become my reality. Stereotypes are only true if you allow them to be. For me, it […]

From Financial Pilgrimage … It was a random Friday afternoon. The summer was coming to a close and my third year of college was scheduled to begin on the following Monday. After two years of community college, I was planning on going to a local four year university with the hopes of playing baseball. I […]

From Money Metagame … A brand new career does not have to mean a brand new life, at least not initially. Make a few smart decisions early on in your career and you will have the ability to choose the life of your dreams a short way down the road. One of the biggest mistakes a […]

From NPR, Planet Money … We have a pretty strong opinion about the Dow. We think you should ignore it; It doesn’t matter. It’s no secret that we here at Planet Money think the Dow is a terrible economic indicator. We don’t like that it only looks at thirty companies. We don’t like the way […]

In personal finance, we’re always looking ahead. So often we think “I’ll be happy when I’m debt-free.” or “I’ll be happy when I have X net worth.” We can become almost pathologic in our obsession over these numbers that we forget to actually enjoy the moment and where we’re at. Look How Far You’ve Come […]