“I Just Need to Stop Spending Money on Unnecessary Things.”: Advice From a Financial Coach
“I Just Need to Stop Spending Money on Unnecessary Things.”: Advice From a Financial Coach Let’s Talk About Financial Shame and How to Overcome it. You’ve probably told yourself you need to stop wasting money a million times. And maybe just as often you’ve shamed yourself for your spending choices. If restriction and financial shame […]
Lifestyle Creep: Tips From a Financial Coach on What it is & How To Recover From It
Lifestyle Creep: Tips From a Financial Coach on What it is & How To Recover From It What is Lifestyle Creep? Also known as lifestyle inflation, means as we earn more, our lifestyle tastes and expectations go up too. Let’s talk about how to prevent and recover from lifestyle creep with the help of a financial coach and financial […]
When Not to Give Money to Family
When Not to Give Money to Family We are often motivated to lend or give our family members money for some truly beautiful reasons. We want to care for our family members no matter their age, and we want them to know we care for them. Let’s talk about five times you should not give […]
Why Your Money Mindset Matters and Two Games to change it TODAY: Tips From a Financial Coach
Why Your Money Mindset Matters and Two Games to change it TODAY: Tips From a Financial Coach There is no difference between being financially well and having a healthy money mindset. It’s not that one is the result of the other, they are the same thing. This is why, when people try to out earn, […]
How and When to use Your Emergency Fund
How and When to use Your Emergency Fund Knowing How and When to Use Your Emergency Fund Approximate read time: 6 minutes You’ve worked so hard to build up this emergency fund Knowing when to use your emergency fund is just as important as knowing how to build it in the first place. Building emergency […]
What a corgi can teach us about setting goals.
What a corgi can teach us about setting goals. If I were to ask you to build a table from scratch and the only tool I gave you was a baseball bat would you keep trying over and over to make it work? Would you tell yourself that you just need to try harder? Maybe […]
Water bottles, sunk costs, and the final death of Wants vs Needs
Water bottles, sunk costs, and the final death of Wants vs Needs The wants vs. needs tool is not working. And if a tool isn’t working, stop using it. Approximate read time: 6 minutes. What’s the difference between a want and a need? Wants vs Needs is probably the second most common financial “tool” I […]