Are you the type of person who makes New Years Resolutions? Not me. I fall into the group who doesn’t keep them! Yeah, that’s probably over 90% of us. What are typical New Year’s goals? Losing weight, exercising, and cutting…
11 Financial Goals for 2021
I think 2020 has been a wash for too many of us. Low income dried up into no income when at least 15% of workers suddenly found themselves unemployed or their hours severely cut back when the coronavirus forced businesses…
Peace out 2020!
It’s December 31 and this is my last post of the year! 2020. A dumpster fire. A year most of us want to pack away for good. With 2021 comes hope. In December, 2020, people have begun receiving vaccinations for…
Money Lessons to Learn from Roseanne and The Conners
When the TV show Roseanne began in 1988 I didn’t like it very much. The kids were brats, the parents were rude and gross, Roseanne had an annoying voice, and the little boy who played the son really bugged me.…
Managing my Money during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Whether we’re single or married to a man who’s not financially responsible, us women are making sure bills are paid, an emergency fund is created, and money is being invested for retirement. We have to create some kind of financial…
28 Lessons I’ve Learned from Judge Judy
Here’s my guilty pleasure: I love watching Judge Judy! Before Judge Judy, I was a fan of Judge Wapner and The People’s Court. My father and I would try to guess who was guilty just by the way the litigants…
Coast Capital Savings Wants me to take out a Car Loan
Ladies, do you also get hounded by your financial institution to get dragged further into debt with them? Most of us need to get out of debt! And once we’ve achieved that milestone? The next item on the list of…
7 Steps to get Through Financial Hardship
None of us want to get in a position of financial hardship, but for some of us it seems like a never-ending vicious cycle. Financial hardship doesn’t even mean being financially irresponsible. Mostly it means one calamity after another happens,…
Track Your Spending using a Backwards Budget
Are you like me and have tried putting together a budget a few times over the years? I get one written out and then abandon it. Is that you, too? I’m not a budget person, so instead I do the…
A Year of Maintaining a Healthier Lifestyle
A year ago I wrote about my Year to a Healthier Lifestyle. The quick recap is to avoid my blood sugar levels of crossing into diabetes territory, I had to make lifestyle changes to bring my weight down. Fear is…
