Looking to save more money, get out of debt, or start investing? You’re in the right place, mama! Here you’ll find strategies and tips from real moms and personal finance experts.
As Americans, we are incredibly lucky to live with a great deal of personal freedom. No one can tell us what music to listen to, what career path to follow, or how many kids we can have. It is an amazing thing, but many of us choose to give up those freedoms by placing ourselves …
I constantly have a goal I am off pace in achieving. Sometimes it’s money, sometimes the blog, sometimes I just feel like a really crappy parent. (I haven’t been to the gym for, um, months.) Maybe I’m too hard on myself, but I have a nagging suspicion most people feel this way. Lately, for me, …
Recently, I wrote about the significant retirement savings gap between men and women. Women have less than 1/3 saved for retirement than their male counterparts, and it means many women face severe difficulties when life throws them financial curve balls and that women are far more likely than men to live in poverty in retirement. But …
Female Financial Awakening: Powerful Stories From Real Women Read More »
We all have those days when our money goals seem insurmountable. We are standing at the bottom of Mount Everest, wondering how we will ever possibly get to the top. I’ve been struggling with that a lot lately as I look at my financial independence countdown. I want the end result so badly, but five …
My Favorite Quotes for When I Need Money Motivation Read More »
It is almost summer, which means invites to grad parties, a new crop of students heading off to college or into the workforce, and a scramble to find a meaningful graduation gift for your children and your friends’ children. It also means a new crop of young adults who are about to learn how little …
When it comes to money, we all have questions. Unfortunately, not everyone has good answers. And if you don’t have a solid foundation of financial knowledge, it can be hard to tell the worst financial advice from the best. And when we can’t trust our financial advisors, the water gets even muddier. Some financial advice …
I was born a saver. My parents weren’t savers, we never had an allowance system that lasted more than a month, and I don’t remember anyone having to tell me to save money. Yet, save money I did. Every penny I got went into the bank or into a box in my closet to be …
Confessions of a Compulsive Saver: How Marrying a Spender Rescued Me Read More »
Money is complicated. The world of finance is filled with jargon, untrustworthy characters, and our own emotional baggage. We want to get better and stress less about money, but googling “how to pay down debt” or “how to save for retirement” results in thousands of articles that make us want to curl up in a ball …
I finally read Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad, Poor Dad this week and wanted to share my fresh review. This is a true personal finance classic, but I had never quite gotten around to pulling it off the shelf and was glad to check it off my list. Here are my thoughts of Kiyosaki’s best-selling book. Rich …
I am a big believer that your house is not an investment, but an expense. For many American families, whose home is the biggest component of their net worth (total assets minus total liabilities), this is a tough pill to swallow. Families convince themselves to make expensive upgrades to their home because it is an …
