How many bad decisions have you made because you can’t say “no”? I spent $200 last weekend because I’m a woman, and women are relationship oriented. We do things that easily sacrifice our wiser inklings for the sake of relating together.
Sometimes answers are where we least expect them and wisdom comes from from our kids. As recession economics change our cultural perspectives on money, there is room for broader conversation about finances. Listen carefully to your kids and you may hear them offering you the profoundest cues to an emerging economy.
You know how when you’re dieting–when you have a goal to fit into that special outfit for your friend’s wedding and you have six weeks to get there–you know exactly how much you can indulge and how much you need to plan each meal? You spend that six weeks fully in the mindset of someone with a plan and a commitment. It’s exciting to get the to wedding feeling good about your accomplishment and looking great.
There are so many things that stop us in our tracks financially. Why does getting stuck seem easier than making progress? Here are four popular places we get jammed and four tips on how to remove obstacles from your fiscal flow.
I. Stuck place: Denial
My new client works in finance, but he’s like the cobbler whose [...]
We posted an article on the “The 10 Greatest iPad Finance Apps” by Allison Berry on April 29, 2010. Since then we have seen a surge in the number of finance applications for the iPad. Simply clicking on the Finance category under iPad in iTunes results in 234 applications. Here is the (next) list of great IPad finance applications.
I have long held the view that there are two kinds of financial conversations: those discussed in public and those that discuss what’s really going on. In my practice dedicated to moving couples through their money dynamics, I focus less on what is said about finances and more on spending behaviors. For anyone who wants to add working tools to their financial toolset, J.D. Roth’s book, Your Money: the Missing Manual, directly addresses the topics and resources that put spending and talking on the same page. J.D. Roth is the man behind one of our favorite personal finance blogs, Get Rich Slowly.
For my birthday this year, my friends decided to show me that it doesn’t take a lot of money to feel indulged. They also showed me how quickly, and economically, one’s personal community can mobilize during a bad economy and turn a day full of costs, into something worry-free. Take a leap of faith [...]
Have you ever been going about your daily routine and suddenly felt a wave of panic? Whether it’s a missed teeth cleaning, an unpaid bill or an overdue library book, incomplete tasks can weigh heavily on your psyche. When it comes to your finances, incomplete tasks can also weigh heavily on your bank account. That’s [...]
Nothing disrupts a lazy day at the beach like a call from your accountant. My husband and I were in Mexico when our CPA called needing information from a bank statement. The only problem was those papers were back home sitting in a locked filing cabinet.
In a world that involves more paperwork than ever before, [...]
Get rid of the old before starting with the new. Heard it? It’s the most effective old adage I live by. The same philosophy applies to taking on a new money management system.
There’s no way to start on the right track with new financial management systems without first clearing out the old, ineffective systems. [...]
In a new generation of money management, adult children of retired parents are taking on an important role: financial planner.
I had one of the biggest financial lessons ever when my parents remodeled their home.
My parents aren’t great money managers. Both of them have done well with high paying jobs. They prepare their own taxes, and [...]
Box.net, a leading Cloud Content Management provider, and GreenSherpa, a provider of Personal Cash Flow Management™ (PCM) solutions, announced a partnership that gives subscribers of both services the ability to access and manage their personal financial information from anywhere via the Internet.
GreenSherpa is the first Software as a Service (SaaS) application designed specifically for a [...]
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