General Finance Archives - Flow Financial Planning

Flow FP's Block woman is safe in her bucket, in a dangerous world.

It’s the 90th anniversary of the Crash of 1929. Are you ready for the next market crash?

As is part of my weekend tradition, this past weekend I read Jason Zweig’s column (paywall) in the Wall Street Journal. (And yes, to answer your unasked question: I do revel in embodying some stereotypes of financial professionals.)

Report from the Women-in-Tech Front (a.k.a. GHC19)

Things I learned at Grace Hopper this year:

I cannot do basic arithmetic while standing in front of an audience of 200 people. 100 x 1000 really should be doable.
Yes there is a wrong way to hold the slide clicker, Mr. “You can’t mess it up” A/V guy. Just Watch Me.

Flow FP's Block Woman celebrates 3 years of Flow Financial Planning!

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Today is Flow’s third anniversary. Hallelujah.

I am occasionally the introspective sort. And occasionally others benefit from those introspections, so I thought I’d publish said introspections on the last three years. Here’s my two-year retrospective.Read More

How Do I Combine Finances with My Partner?

Let’s just get this out of the way at the beginning: There is no one right way to combine finances with your romantic partner. The “right” way differs from couple to couple…and over time for the same couple!
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Flow FP's block woman contemplates her emergency fund.

Emergency funds. Yes, they’re boring. But do you actually have one that’s big enough?

You cannot cruise the internet without tripping over articles about the partial government shutdown and the increasingly horrible effects it’s having on many government workers and their finances and their psyches.
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You really really want to do [fill in Your Thing here]. Are you simply waiting for permission? (Video)

Do you have a Big Idea for your life? Quit your job and start your own business! Take a sabbatical! Buy an expensive home! Go back to school! And is it So Big that it’s Too Scary to contemplate doing on your own? One of my favorite things to do with my clients is to say “Yes, you can.” Are you simply waiting for someone to give you permission?
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What a yoga practice can teach you about building strong personal finances (Video)

If you have a yoga practice, you probably know the importance of having a strong, rooted foundation so that the rest of your body can “fly,” both joyfully and safely. Turns out, personal finances work the same way.Read More

You have limited time and energy to work on finances. Don’t waste it. (Video)

There are a million things you can do to improve your finances. Unfortunately, most of them won’t make much difference. Spending less, saving more, understanding your stock compensation plan…now THOSE are worth your effort.
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What should women in tech take away from the FIRE movement?

A woman in the audience at Grace Hopper a few weeks ago asked me and my fellow panelists what we thought about FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). A sea of murmurs and nodding heads showed this was a really popular question.

Block Woman looks out over the audience at the Grace Hopper 2018 conference.

My Takeaways from #GHC18. And Yes They’re All About Money.

I think I’m still processing the scale and energy of the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. This was my second year attending.

The conference is, obviously, about so much more than how to manage your finances. But it’s the part I care about most, so I viewed most of the conference through that lens. And, as I did last year, I walked away with a better understanding of how women feel about money, what their questions are, and what kind of guidance they want, need, and deserve.

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