During my time living in and traveling around Southeast Asia, I encountered poverty like I had never before seen. I hadn’t traveled extensively before our expat assignments in Shanghai and Seoul and it was an eye-opening experience for me. Of course, I knew that poverty existed. But
In honor of the incredibly important and definitely not arbitrarily made-up holiday “Be a Millionaire Day” tomorrow, I’m letting you know exactly how a regular, every-day guy (or gal) can become a millionaire. It’s simple really, just want less. Wanting less leads to spending less. Spending less money means
It’s nearly the end of April, which is financial literacy month. Are you more financially literate now than you were at the beginning of the month? I hope so! Of the thousands of decisions we make each and every day, many of them have at least an
I’ve been using credit cards for well over a decade now. I got my first card in college but due to my frugal upbringing, I never went crazy and never bought more than I could afford to pay in full each month. In fact, I can only
It was just another busy tax day at the office in February 2011. I was sitting at my desk completing some client tax returns when I received a text from my husband. Ian: What would you think about moving to China? Me: Can you maybe give me
Of the tens of thousands of decisions that you make each day, how many of these decisions are directly related to money? Throughout the past year, we incurred 2,129 outgoing financial transactions (thanks YNAB for making that count easy!). That’s 178 per month and nearly 6 per day.
There really is just one personal finance book you should read if you’re not quite there yet in taking control of your financial situation. That book is Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. Maybe you just can’t stick to a spending plan,
I’ve had it all. I’ve lived in a multimillionaire dollar home with gardeners, a private car and driver, and a full-time nanny and housekeeper. I’ve experienced what it’s like to be the upper 1%. And I learned a lot about myself! Growing Up Poor I grew up
We hear this old adage everywhere in the personal finance world. Clearly, it’s also being largely ignored judging from the current financial status of most Americans. But I’ll throw it out there as one of the most important things you should be doing to manage both your
At one point in my life, I bought into the saying that “time is money.” Never was I more aware of the link between time and money than when I was a CPA stressing over tracking every minute I spent at work and allocating my time among
I’m Kathryn Hanna-wife, mother of 3 and a Certified Public Accountant. I love to budget (really, I do!) , build spreadsheets and spend money on travel, sewing supplies and good chocolate.
