by Corey Beal | Feb 9, 2024 | Behavior, Budget and Spending Plan, Budgeting, Budgeting Apps, Emergency Fund, Finance, finance basics, finance date night, finance tips, Financial Stuff, Goal Setting, Monarch Money, money date night, partner and money, Relationships and finances, savings, YNAB
How do you feel when you hear the word budget? Most people we speak with physically recoil, admit they hate it and don’t want to do it, and have other adverse reactions. This makes sense as most often what comes to mind is restriction, not being able to do what you...
by Corey Beal | Jan 3, 2024 | Books, Credit, Credit cards, Gratitude, Insurance, Investing, Investment Strategy, New Year's Financial Resolutions, New Year's Resolutions, Retirement, Retirement savings, savings, Self-care, Taxes
Happy 2024🥳! It’s that time of year again to dedicate some of your valuable time to both reflect on your finances in 2023 and set intentions with the momentum that the fresh start of a new year can bring for 2024. It’s important to set goals in all areas of your life,...
by Corey Beal | Sep 1, 2023 | Contributions, Credit, Credit Score, estate planning, finance basics, finance tips, Financial Stuff, Health Savings Account, LGBTQIA+ financial planning, Marriage Penalty, partner and money, partnership and finances, Relationships and finances, savings, Social Security, Student loan, Student Loans, Taxes
Here comes the bride…and more taxes and negative financial impacts?! Maybe. As unromantic as this may sound, marriage at its base level is the single most serious business contract you will ever engage in that has both legal and tax implications. There are a lot of...
by Corey Beal | May 15, 2023 | Behavior, Budgeting, college funding, College planning, Credit, Credit Report, Credit Score, Finance, finance basics, finance tips, financial enmeshment, financial plan, Financial Stuff, kids and finances, kids and money, Kids finances, Kids money, Money Values, savings, Student Aid, Student loan, Student Loans, Teaching kids about money, Teen finances, Teens and money, Tracking Spending
If you think back to your childhood, can you remember the lessons, feelings, and beliefs you learned about money and finances? What is your first memory of money? Is it positive or negative? Did your parents struggle with money and did you know that? Was the topic of...
by Corey Beal | Mar 7, 2023 | Books, Budgeting, college funding, College planning, Contributions, Credit, Credit Bureaus, Credit Score, Emergency Fund, Finance, finance basics, Finance Books, Finance Industry, finance tips, financial plan, Financial Stuff, Goal Setting, Investing, Kids finances, Kids money, Money Values, Random, Retirement, Roth IRA, savings, Student Aid, Student loan, Student Loans, Teen finances, Teens and money
Your kid is going off into the real world and there are some crucial things that they need to do to set themselves up for financial success. Whether they’re starting a career, going to college, or taking a gap year, these steps will help them begin their journey...
by Corey Beal | Jan 23, 2023 | 2022 taxes, college funding, College planning, Contributions, Emergency Fund, Finance, finance tips, Financial Stuff, Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), Retirement, Roth IRA, savings, Secure 2.0 Act, Student Loans, Taxes
On 12/30/22 the Secure 2.0 Act was signed into law with the intention to strengthen the retirement system and help more Americans save and plan for retirement. There are hundreds of provisions inside the legislation and below are the provisions that will most likely...
