Have you ever wondered whether you should meet with a financial advisor? The more you get your financial life in order, the more you realize how much you don’t know. There are so many unique circumstances that a google search just doesn’t always cut it, especially when
I have another video tutorial for you today. The last one I did was on the basics of Excel. You know by now how much I love Excel. And now, today, I’m introducing you to another great tool, YNAB. (Note: select the settings icon and adjust the
If you’ve been around here for a while, then you likely know that I LOVE spreadsheets. I took an Excel class as an elective in college (wow-nerd alert!) and it was possibly the single best class I could have taken to really set me apart from my
When I returned from our 4-year long business assignment in Asia, I was ready to finally utilize a budgeting software that would help simplify the budgeting process and minimize the time I was spending tracking our expenses. I am a HUGE believer in tracking expenses and had
I would say I’m a pretty typical nerdy accountant. I enjoy debits and credits, at least when they balance. I have an unusual fondness for buying office supplies (especially pens and pencils). By now, you probably already that I’m obsessed with spreadsheets. So…you can probably guess
I absolutely love Christmas time. The excitement. The decorations. The music. The message. But, oh…the gifts. I’m terrible at giving thoughtful gifts. Unfortunately, this has meant that I’ve spent many years scrambling at the last minute to finish my Christmas gift purchases. Having kids compounds this (in
Now that we’ve completed the basics of medical insurance, we need to talk about something related that is so, so important. Do you keep track of your medical bills and compare them to what your insurance company says you owe before you make the payments? This is especially important
As part of our international move preparations, we were required to prepare an inventory of all of our household belongings. I had already filled out mounds of paperwork by this point in time and was not thrilled with the tedious task of going around my house room
I’m a visual person. I love numbers too, but sometimes I just need to be able to see things visually through a graph or chart. Maybe you’re the same way? Getting out of debt is going to require a lot of motivation and persistence and the more debt
As you know by now, I like to have guidelines to look at and compare my own personal finances to others and to recommendations by others. I also often like to ignore those recommendations and guidelines and do whatever I want. After all, it’s my money and
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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