All couples argue, but what are couples fighting about the most? According to a 2012 survey from the American Institute of CPAs, money is the most common reason married or cohabiting couples fight. Of over 1,000 American adults polled, 27 percent of participants said that disagreements over finances were most likely to erupt into an…
The best way to assess your relationship with money is to use the same criteria as you would use with any important relationship…how is your behavior expressed through love and other positive emotions? You can’t enjoy a good relationship with money unless you’re willing to love it–and ACT like you love it–through thick and thin.…
Last week I suffered the indignity of having my car break down on me! Well, a flat tire… Actually, it wasn’t a bad experience at all…people kept stopping to ask if I needed help; it was a rare, sunny Seattle day; and other than missing a phone appointment I had been looking forward to, nothing…
Today I am interviewing Bree Daigneault who is a freshman at Western Washington University. The reason why she may be of interest to you is because she fully funded her first year of school herself. That’s right. She worked HARD to make it happen and I couldn’t be more impressed. A few weeks ago we…
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Resolutions always seem judgmental to me. A lot of them are built on the guilt and shame over having done something “wrong” – like whatever our natural instincts are, we’re screwed. So the resolution is supposed to “fix” us or the issue. Maybe that is the wrong way of looking at things…perhaps, if we look…
You KNOW people are more likely to meet their goals when they write them down. I don’t need to do a whole blog post about that, right? INSTEAD…use this time you might have spent reading my blog to go write down some stuff! I made a special tool for that – Did you get…
This is a guest post (and guest infographic!) from blogger and personal finance writer Garth from CreditLogin. I like his post because 1) I love me some infographics, and 2) he is talking about something that I discuss A LOT with my clients, but rarely focus on in my blogging: RETIREMENT (BTW you should also…
I used to believe that one day I would be done dieting. Like, someday I would magically hit on the right combination of healthy diet and exercise that would make all future “diets” or new “exercise regimes” unnecessary. I would float through the rest of my life free and unburdened from these mundane things if…
I’m a big believer in accountability. I’m the kind of person that will never miss a deadline for a client or a work partner, but when it comes to meeting my own deadlines… Yeah, I’m a little more lax. That’s why I know I need some external accountability when it comes to reaching my personal…
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