Back to Basics: Your Spending Plan

Back to Basics: Your Spending Plan

I don’t care what the dictionary says, “budget” is a four-letter word. Words matter, and that word has a lot of baggage. That’s why I encourage people to change their mindset and call budgets what they really are: spending plans. The overarching theme and strategy of...
Spending Plans Are for Everyone

Spending Plans Are for Everyone

Have you ever partially charged your phone, but you got a call — and then partially charged it again when another call comes through — etc., etc.? It makes you wonder about the battery, even though there is no real problem. Likewise, sometimes people think their...
7 Ways to Fight Financial Ignorance

7 Ways to Fight Financial Ignorance

It’s almost like society makes it really easy to spend and borrow money. Wild conspiracy theories aside, people can get caught up in the offers, the complicated interest schemes, and terms and conditions which will never be read. But what happens when the credit...