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Busy Life? Don’t Neglect Your Money!
I haven’t written anything in weeks, not a blog post or any other writing project. Not because I didn’t want to. Not because I ran out of ideas (my notebook is full of them). But because life filled every available corner. My Mam was here. Work was full on, and still is. There were dinners

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Reset Your Finances – It’s Never Too Late
There’s something slightly humbling about opening your computer to write a blog post and realizing you haven’t done one in, well, let’s just say… a while. In my case, my Mam was in town for a full month. There were meals out, long chats, tourist days, and the kind of togetherness that tends to push

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The $150-an-Hour Question: What’s Your Time Worth?
I saw a post on Instagram today, “If you were offered $150 an hour to work on Thanksgiving from 5am to 5pm, would you do it?” Twelve hours. One thousand eight hundred dollars. A year ago, I wouldn’t have even hesitated. Hell yes. We can celebrate Thanksgiving on another day. Money is money, right? But

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Robo-Advisors: What You Need to Know
Last week, in a financial coaching session, someone told me flat-out they didn’t want to deal with or learn about investing. “I just want to save,” they said. “I don’t have time and to learn about what’s going on behind the scenes. I just want someone to do it for me.” And I get it, truly I

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How to Set Financial Goals (and actually reach them)!
Before I really started learning about personal finance, I didn’t have goals. Sure, I saved up for things I wanted, a new car, a ski trip, a summer holiday, a new TV, but I wasn’t thinking beyond the next “want.” I had no idea how I’d fund my retirement or build lasting wealth. I hadn’t

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Time for a Fall Refresh: Budgets & Letting Go
The end of summer always sneaks up on me. One moment I’m enjoying long evenings and barbecues, and the next I’m dashing out earlier with the dog because the nights are cutting in, pulling out sweaters, and noticing that the temperature is dropping, especially first thing in the morning, brrr. I love spring, that’s my

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