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...
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...
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...
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....
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...