If you find yourself pregnant, congratulations! Now let’s talk finances. (See that suave transition, there?) Following are The Basics of what you need to think about if you’re about to have a kid.
I’m Pregnant. What Do I Need to Do?
And So This Blog’s Summer Schedule Begins
This blog is going to a bi-weekly (that is, once every other week) schedule for the remainder of the summer. It’ll be back to the weekly schedule in September!Continue reading
How Snackwell Cookies Can Make Our Finances Stronger
Most of us are pretty bad at getting healthy, both physically and financially. In both cases, there are HUGE, MONEY-PRINTING INDUSTRIES that, purportedly, help us achieve physical health and financial health. Me wonders if there’s a connection…Continue reading
I Just Got a Job Offer. What Should I Be Looking At?
You’ve received a job offer. Congratulations! If only the struggle were over.Continue reading
So, Meg, What Do You DO, Anyway?
Subtitled “What You Could Reasonably Expect a Good Financial Planner to Do for You”
I’m 30 and I make more money than my parents. AWKWARD.
Within two years of graduating college in 1998, I was working as a business analyst in an IT consulting firm and making a higher income than each of my parents: a university math professor and a high-ish-level federal government employee with a Master’s Degree in math. (Yes, I come from numerate stock.)Continue reading
Your Financial Advisor Has Conflicts of Interest. What Can You Do About It?
Rule #1: Realize that all advisors have conflicts of interest. It’s not (necessarily) a condemnation of the advisor to have them. It is, realistically, impossible to avoid them.Continue reading
How Do I Know If I’m Saving Enough?
For shorter term goals, the answer is: Math.
For longer term goals, the answer is: You don’t.Continue reading
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