3 Pieces of Great Advice That Can Ruin Your Finances

3 Pieces of Great Advice That Can Ruin Your Finances

by Lori Atwood | Feb 12, 2022 | Financial Fitness, Saving: Retirement & Other

For my last post before summer break (I will be back posting in September, as usual), I want to talk about the saying, “no good deed goes unpunished.” That old saw holds up in personal finance, too, in that there is a lot of great advice out there, but...
I Don’t Drive a Porsche, Where am I Overspending? BWAAHHAAA: It’s Our Old Friend Frequency

I Don’t Drive a Porsche, Where am I Overspending? BWAAHHAAA: It’s Our Old Friend Frequency

by Lori Atwood | Feb 10, 2015 | Financial Fitness

Just about every client I see starts our first meeting with a sentence similar to this: “we never go out to eat, it’s so expensive,” “my kids wear hand-me-downs only” “I only shop at TJ Maxx for myself,” or “we drive old cars.” Ok, I get it, you do not want your...
Feel Like You’re Choking Financially? Here are 3 EASY Cash Flow Fixes Everyone Should Do

Feel Like You’re Choking Financially? Here are 3 EASY Cash Flow Fixes Everyone Should Do

by Lori Atwood | Nov 19, 2014 | Financial Fitness, Small Business Finance

I’ve written before about that choking feeling you may get when you think about your finances. Many times that feeling comes from a cash flow problem commonly known as, “living check to check.” There are a few easy things you can do to ease a cash flow problem. Cash...
Did You Know Controlling Your Monthly Spending May Be about Controlling One Thing?

Did You Know Controlling Your Monthly Spending May Be about Controlling One Thing?

by Lori Atwood | May 20, 2014 | Financial Fitness

People know when they are spending too much. They know when they are living on the edge each month – spending just up to or maybe a little past what they make each month. These same people (maybe it’s you, too) don’t live extravagantly, no Porsches or yachts....
5 Signs You Are (or Aren’t) Financially In Control

5 Signs You Are (or Aren’t) Financially In Control

by Lori Atwood | May 7, 2014 | Financial Fitness

Feeling financially secure is one of the most critical aspects of your overall psychological health and the health of your closest relationships. Yeah, I’m not telling you something you don’t already know… academically at least. You know being secure financially makes...
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