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Money Smarts

Here’s the thing about money... Nobody teaches us how to manage it, yet somehow we’re supposed to know what “debt-to-income ratio” means and why avocado toast is apparently the reason millennials can’t buy homes. Spoiler alert? Avocado toast isn’t the problem. 🥑🍞 The real problem is, money gets tangled up... read more →

It’s been a day... 🙃 Your email inbox looks like a battlefield, there are socks on the living room floor that definitely aren’t yours, and the idea of chopping onions feels about as appealing as filing taxes. What do you do? You tap your favorite restaurant on DoorDash, of course. Twenty... read more →

Ever catch yourself saying, “If I could just make $20,000 more a year, I’d finally be set?” 💭 Maybe it wasn’t $20,000. Maybe it was $30,000, or even $50,000. Whatever the number, you believed it. You thought your money problems would magically evaporate once that “more” landed in your bank... read more →

Woohoo! You paid off your credit card debt! That’s a HUGE win. 🎉 HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND. But now, you might be staring at those old credit cards thinking, “Should I keep these just in case?” Listen, I get it. It’s tempting. But spoiler alert: those cards? T-R-O-U-B-L-E. Kind of... read more →

A scarcity mindset can be suffocating. Life’s too short to pinch your pennies so tight you’re scared to enjoy it. Sure, budgeting matters (don’t start hyperventilating yet), but living like your wallet is in witness protection? Not it. Here are 4 ways to boldly spend on what fuels your soul... read more →