Personal Finance Blog Post

Solving the Money Problem: Self-Destructive Behavior Have you ever felt like you take one step forward, and two steps back with your finances? Have you ever said, “I’m just not good with money?”    When thinking about solving the money problem, it’s easy to see where it shows up. Two-thirds [...]

Financial Adversity: What do Do When Things Wrong So the shit hit the fan.    Now what? Step one, turn off the fan. Step two, start cleaning up.    In all seriousness, adversity is a part of life, and financial adversity is something we’ve all faced. And like the Stoics [...]

Creating Your Path to Financial Freedom We’re all unique individuals, but I think we share two important and immutable characteristics: Our desire to find happiness, and our desire for freedom.    While money alone won’t give us either of those things, it can put us in position to have them.  [...]

Get Good with Money by Doing these Three Things I was sick of being broke.   The reality was, even though I had a successful career helping others with their money, my finances were a mess. I was living paycheck-to-paycheck, not budgeting and abusing credit cards.   Once I made [...]

Better Money Habits for a Great Financial Future The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The next best time is today.    That’s also true for personal finance. Our money goals are a lot easier to achieve when we have a lot of time, and harder [...]

Solving the Money Problem: Retirement Income Planning There was a time when retirement was straightforward. You worked for the same company for 30 years, had a retirement party, then rode off into the sunset with a gold watch, a pension, and Social Security.    Not so much today.    In [...]

Solving the Money Problem: The Value of Input I’m constantly trying to get better.    Living a happy and healthy life is a top priority, as is helping you do the same.    Solving the money problem is where I spend most of my time and attention. I recognize people [...]

How to Set Financial Goals without Freaking Out, that You'll Actually Follow Through On You’ve made it here, to this post on financial goal setting, which is farther than most. Congrats!   Financial goal setting is necessary and can transform into an exciting exercise if done correctly.   Before going any [...]

How to Invest Without Missing Out and Still Live Your Best Life It’s like lions and tigers and bears oh my, except Bitcoin and meme stocks and Robinhood, oh shoot.  Should I be investing in these things?  Is it too late to or is this just the beginning? What should [...]