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What Is a Backdoor Roth IRA (Contribution)? Should I Do it? How Do I Do It?

Flow FP's Block Woman is hit by some tax code changes.

If I had to wager, backdoor Roth IRA contributions are in the top 3 of #personalfinance Slack channel topics.

Meg’s Musings: Thriving in the Time of Covid

We are all emerging from the first “stage” of quarantine. We are also all starting to realize that, contrary to what I assumed back in March, this is all going to take a lot longer than just a few months to fix.

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Meg’s Musings: (Reducing) Spending Edition

I offer up these thoughts on spending in the spirit of: If it helps, I am happy. If this is not the right time for you to think about such things, please ignore them! The internet is wonderful (and terrible) in that nothing ever disappears. Come back later if you want.

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Do you love your yoga practice? You can apply it to your finances.

Flow FP's block woman sees her yoga mat, high above her on a rock wall. How to get to it?

Just getting on the mat is the hardest part.

Do you do yoga? Do you love yoga? I do. My yoga practices goes back 20 years (because, evidently, I’m Old), and I don’t know what I’d do without it. Over those years, I’ve accepted a lot of the lessons that yoga tries to teach you.
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Emergency funds. Yes, they’re boring. But do you actually have one that’s big enough?

Flow FP's block woman contemplates her emergency fund.

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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Your HSA Is Better than Your 401(k) for Retirement Savings. Don’t Waste it on Actual Health Care Costs.

Like you, I’ve been going through Open Enrollment lately. Only I’ve been going through a whole bunch of open enrollments, for all of my clients. (It’s actually pretty cool, being able to compare—and, perforce, contrast—what a variety of tech companies offer to their employees.)
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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.Continue reading

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If Amazon Makes You Spend More, Can These Apps Make You Save More?

We have all become accustomed to frictionless spending. To our detriment. Thank you, Amazon One-click, Prime, and Dash! Continue reading

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Tag: savings strategy

What Is a Backdoor Roth IRA (Contribution)? Should I Do it? How Do I Do It?

Meg’s Musings: Thriving in the Time of Covid

Meg’s Musings: (Reducing) Spending Edition

Do you love your yoga practice? You can apply it to your finances.

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

Your HSA Is Better than Your 401(k) for Retirement Savings. Don’t Waste it on Actual Health Care Costs.

What a yoga practice can teach you about building strong personal finances (Video)

If Amazon Makes You Spend More, Can These Apps Make You Save More?

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