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We hear this everywhere in the personal finance world: Pay Yourself First. But what does that really mean? And how does it apply with your time?
Adjusting Your View Of Money

What Paying Yourself First Looks Like

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

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10 Simple Ways to Teach Kids About Money | It's up to us as parents to educate our kids about personal finances. I love these ways we can incorporate learning about money into everyday life.
Managing Finances as a Family

10 Simple Ways to Teach Young Kids About Money

One of the reasons I decided to start a personal finance blog is that I feel so much disappointment that we don’t teach our future generations about money in our formal education system.  When I started learning in-depth about personal finance, the more I learned the more

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Creating a Financial Plan

SA302 Investing Basics: Time Value of Money

If you’re just stopping by for the first time, this is a class in a series of classes over the next few months which will culminate in the development of a complete financial plan.  Stop by HERE for a complete list of classes currently available and HERE for more information about the

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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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