For shorter term goals, the answer is: Math.
For longer term goals, the answer is: You don’t.Continue reading
How Do I Know If I’m Saving Enough?
Why Women Make Less (and What We Can Do About It)
The wage gap.
The space between your paycheck and the paychecks of the men in your office that confirms your worth is not as much as theirs. It’s a known fact.[1] Yet, very little is being done to understand it, and more importantly, to fix it.Continue reading
I’m ashamed of my finances.
I’m ready to embrace my shame.
Do Your Taxes Make You Feel Bad?
I’m doing my taxes now, and I am just so DONE. I don’t know if I’m doing them right or leaving money on the table. It just makes me realize that I don’t understand my finances as well as I want to.Continue reading
Do I Need a Financial Planner?
Yes, I can read minds. Because that is what you’re wondering, right? And well you should! I don’t know anyone who’s not a little worried about their finances. Us financial planners included.Continue reading
Playing Financial Self-Defense
Last week President Trump issued an order effectively gutting the Department of Labor’s rule that protects your retirement accounts against intentionally bad advice.Continue reading
The Best Investment You’ll Ever Make
is You.Continue reading
Great Finances Are Worthless If You’re Miserable.
You know how I’m always harping on building your network? How you never know when you’re going to need a stock-option specialist, or patent lawyer, or angel investor, or concierge doctor, or 401(k) plan administrator…or mental health professional?
Buyer’s Remorse? Don’t Let It Distract You
‘Tis the day after Christmas, and although I’m writing this before Christmas, I’ve been through enough Christmases to know how it feels to look around the chaotic living room and wonder “did I really need to buy All This Stuff?” (times 10 if you have children)
No, Your Neck Is NOT Supposed to Feel Like That.
Who here has worked in the tech industry for more than a few months and not experienced some sort of physical discomfort? Well, keep reading anyways…’cause it’s coming.Continue reading
Two Must-Read Books for Women in Tech
Are you early-to-mid-career with bigger career aspirations? Is it cold and dark (and maybe even rainy) where you live, too, and you’re looking for indoors entertainment? Well then, pull up the easy chair, heat up a mug of hot cocoa, and read these two recent books:Continue reading
Looking for a Financial Planner: The Great Unknown
“I’m not all that sure what they do. Or how to find them. Or how they work. Or how much they cost. Or how to choose one.”Continue reading