“Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” – P.T. Barnum There’s no denying it, managing your finances can be tough, but it’s also an essential part of life. If you’re looking to improve your budgeting skills, then you’re on the right track. Taking small, simple steps, can help you get your financial life […]
“Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn Have you ever found yourself feeling anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed by your thoughts? Perhaps you’ve felt like you’re stuck in a rut, unable to move forward or make positive changes in your life. These feelings are common, especially in today’s fast-paced and […]
Too many people today don’t have an emergency fund or a savings account. Your emergency fund is the safety net in the event you get sick, lose your job, have unexpected car repairs, medical expense, etc. General guidelines you’ll hear from financial planners as to how much you should sock away into your emergency funds […]
A lot of people have a hard time understanding the phrase “pay yourself first”, let alone applying the concept. I’ll admit, even I struggled with it when I first heard it. Let’s face it, after paying the rent/mortgage, utilities, car payment, insurance, credit cards, etc., more often than not, there is never anything left over […]
All of us have a complex relationship with regards to money. How you acquire, spend and manage money is largely due to two factors: the nurturing you received during childhood about money and values, and the way you organized this information in your mind. At each end of the spectrum is financial insecurity. On one […]
“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler Success is easy to spot when you see people at the height of it. Especially if the outcome of that success comes with high levels of rewards or recognition. When you see successful people, you might find yourself in awe […]
“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” – George Lorimer Happiness is an emotion, and not something that can be purchased with money. Now, you could […]
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” ― Carrie Fisher It’s sometimes hard not to compare what you have or don’t have with what you see around you. Life has a way of bombarding you with elaborate lifestyles and luxuries of the rich and famous and even not so […]
“One day or day one. You decide.” ― Anonymous Sometimes the “busy work” you do of planning or organizing your goals may seem like progress. Or the constant dreaming and analyzing of your ideas may seem justified and necessary. But no matter how much envisioning, planning, organizing or analyzing you do, nothing will change until […]
“When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.”― Jodi Picoult Confidence is a quality, seen by others, as being anywhere from admirable to intimidating. Where you fall into that spectrum is partially due to your own level […]