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Adjusting Your View Of Money

How Getting Out of Our Comfort Zone Is 10X-ing Our Finances

My email subscribers all know that my family has recently relocated (that’s why you haven’t seen me around here much lately!). We’re talking about a BIG relocation…from the suburbs of Detroit to Shanghai, China. And while we’ve lived abroad before (in South Korea and even in China

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What Personal Finance Questions Do You Have? {My 2018 Blog Survey}

Today we have something different other than just a regular blog post. You may have noticed that it’s especially quiet here on the blog over the last couple months. While I’ve tried to keep up with everything as much as possible–raising a young family, work, life–I’m absolutely

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Financial Tools & Resources

A Quick Start Guide to Using YNAB in 2018

Because the principles behind YNAB are different than traditional budgeting, it can be a little tricky to get started. However, once you take the first steps to figure it all out, it’s a game changer for your money. Here’s exactly what you need to do to get

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My finances are just one area of my life that I'm focusing on simplifying this year. My focuses are on better ways of automating, tracking and managing my money.
Minimalism & Frugality

How I’m Simplifying My Finances This Year

Last year, my word of the year was “enough”. I was frequently able to express gratitude for the things I already owned and realize how much abundance I had in my life. Overall, I bought fewer things and saved more money. I also said, “enough” to many things

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I’m Kathryn Hanna, CPA/PFS, CFP®. I love to budget (really, I do!), build spreadsheets and spend money on travel, sewing supplies and good chocolate.

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