by Allison Bishop | Jul 23, 2020 | Family, General
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...
by Allison Bishop | Jan 3, 2020 | Family, General, Starting Out
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...
by Allison Bishop | Nov 20, 2019 | General, Uncategorized
UPDATE: I originally posted this in March 2018. Since then, I’ve tried three that are new to me, and changed my opinion on some others. My updates as of November 2019 are in blue, and the reviews of the three new podcasts are at the top of the list. I’m a...
by Allison Bishop | Oct 25, 2019 | General, Starting Out
For those who haven’t heard of it, the FIRE movement has been taking the personal finance world by storm over the past decade or so. FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early, and has been embraced by people who want out of the rat race. They save a huge...
by Allison Bishop | Jun 19, 2019 | Family, General, Uncategorized
So I walked into Bed Bath & Beyond last week and was immediately dazzled by all the Beautiful Things. I could get gorgeous deck furniture! Colorful wine glasses! Throw pillows in so many fun colors and patterns! I could imagine my house with these fresh, bright,...
by Allison Bishop | Jun 4, 2019 | General, Uncategorized
I’ve seen a trend lately of people who aren’t in serious debt trouble, but who are carrying a relatively small amount of credit card debt – a few thousand dollars – and are having difficulty breaking that cycle. In nearly every case, they also have no cash...
