New Year – New Financial Goals

I’ve become a big fan of goal-setting in recent years.  I started out with financial goals back in 2012, and in recent years have added other areas; last year I had goals in four other categories: Professional, Health/Wellness, Family, and Friends.   I love this...

Saving For a Purpose

I got my Holiday Club check in the mail a couple of weeks ago. You might know what I’m talking about – through my local bank I have an automatic transfer set up so that every time we get a paycheck, a small amount is transferred into our Club account. The year starts...

How to Combine Finances

How to combine finances is a question that every couple has to deal with when getting married or otherwise merging their lives. [Photo by Everton Vila on Unsplash] There’s a spectrum of how joint or separate your finances can be. and you can choose to fall anywhere on...

Starting Over After Divorce

Divorce is one of the most exhausting and overwhelming transitions out there.  Many of us don’t want to think about our finances in the best of times, so having to face a new financial reality can feel awful.  And not only do you have a new normal to adjust to, but...