by Julie | May 30, 2016 | Mindset, Money & Relationships, Savings and debt, The Basics
I get some version of the comparisonitis question from every client I meet with. Sometimes it’s, “I bet I’m the worse case you’ve seen” and sometimes it’s “How do your other clients do with this?” but it always comes...
by Julie | May 23, 2016 | Budgeting, Lowering expenses, Mindset
It took me many years to figure out that this question was my downfall. And it took a bunch more to figure out that I wasn’t the only one being felled by this seemingly simple and innocent question. The setup On it’s surface, there doesn’t seem to be...
by Julie | May 16, 2016 | Budgeting, Lowering expenses
It seemed like a good idea at the time. But then, it always seems like a good idea at the time. The problem is later. When you get the credit card bill and it’s too high. Or you check your bank balance and see that the number it’s too low. But that one...
by Julie | May 9, 2016 | Budgeting, Mindset
One day I started thinking about why I said “I can’t afford it” when someone mentioned a thing that really, I could afford if I wanted to badly enough. I had a good job with a reasonable (though not amazing) salary. I had good savings. We...
by Julie | May 2, 2016 | Budgeting, Increasing income, Lowering expenses, Mindset, Savings and debt
We’ve all been there. We were excited to get a job, but it just didn’t pay all that much. Maybe it was a babysitting gig when you were 13, maybe it was your first job out of college. Maybe, like me, you spent your career in nonprofit, where salaries are...
