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I'm ready to be a money boss in the new year. Great actionable tips here for starting the year out strong by getting super organized with your budget!
Organizing Your Finances

My Checklist For Creating a Budget for The New Year

Checklists, new year resolutions, and budgets. Three of my favorite things! And today we’re bringing them all together. As a self-proclaimed money nerd, I enjoy setting up my finances for a brand new year. There’s something about being able to start all over and improve the process

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Focusing on what is already in your life will make you happy, successful and even rich. Gratitude helps you spend less, make more and give!
Adjusting Your View Of Money

3 Quantifiable Ways Being Grateful Will Make You Rich

It’s that time of year. The leaves have fallen off the trees, the weather has turned cold (at least in Michigan!) and the gratitude challenges have started up on Facebook again. The holidays are in full swing. As a millennial, I’m more than familiar with the enemy

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You already have a basic budget, so adding these two is a super quick process. A lean budget = determining what you can cut if there's a financial emergency. A luxury budget = what you would LOVE to spend money on.
Budgeting

Why You Should Have a Lean and a Luxury Budget

Ever since I began to view my money as a tool to provide freedom and choices in my life, I’ve no longer considered a “budget” to be a four-letter word. Instead, I find that it is something that liberates me to actually look more closely at my

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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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