Changing Your Money Mindset

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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Adjusting Your View Of Money

The Undebatable Best Way to Invest Your Money

The personal finance community talks a lot about investing. We collectively cover the fundamentals, risks, benefits, and logistics. All of this is generally focused on investing money in the stock and bond markets. But is investing in the market the absolute best way to secure your financial

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Your behavior matters WAY more than the historical performances of stocks. Focus on increasing your savings rates and investing for the long-term and you'll be find way more financial success!
Adjusting Your View Of Money

Historical Returns Don’t Predict the Future, But Your Behavior Does

Personal finance is said to be disproportionately more about behavior and significantly less about actually having the necessary knowledge.  It explains why so many people don’t even have $400 to cover a small emergency and also why the majority of investors lag the stock market returns each

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The absolute best thing about getting my financial life in order is simply having the peace of mind that no matter what hardship came my way, I can financially cover it.
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The Ultimate Guide to Financial Preparedness

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin The absolute best thing about getting my financial life in order is simply having the peace of mind that no matter what hardship came my way, I can financially cover it. And when those things

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5 Steps to Treating Your Own Personal Finances Like a Business

As a CPA, I’ve worked with numerous businesses from small to mid-size. While they’ve ranged in annual revenue from a few thousands of dollars to millions, each business knew clearly what they had earned, spent, owned and owed during the year. On the other hand, individuals tend

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Achieving financial health starts with having the right mindset. We have amazing opportunities in the U.S. to achieve financial health and improve so many areas of our lives.
Adjusting Your View Of Money

What Financial Health Means to Me

The irony wasn’t lost on me. When we moved halfway across the world to begin what was expected to be a 2-year assignment in Shanghai, we received so many perks that we had the potential to save ten times more than we had saved previously. And yet,

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YOU have the power to reduce fear and stress by creating a complete plan to cover emergencies and financial crises. This is an AMAZING resource for setting up an emergency fund, reserve, insurance policies and more to truly have you covered financially.
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How Money Can Eliminate Fear & Stress In Your Life

Sometimes, I can’t help but think about how much hurt and pain there is in the world. In every country, there are those that are homeless, hungry, abused, neglected and truly unable to change their circumstances. Yet, there are so many, many others that have fear and

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Choosing Progress Over Perfection

Life is exhausting when you’re a perfectionist. That’s because nothing is ever even close to perfect, certainly not for any amount of time. It’s a never-ending circle of frustration and disappointment. Oh man, did I use to be a perfectionist. There was a time in my life

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Adjusting Your View Of Money

How A Poverty Mindset is Keeping You From Financial Success

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

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

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