Take a look behind the scenes and learn about the credit cards I use in my financial coaching business and why. I started my financial coaching business informally almost a decade ago, but it was a few years later that … Read More … Read More
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How store credit cards foreshadow the retail apocalypse
In my last post, I mentioned how I had once had an Exxon credit card given to me by my mom to use for emergencies. It made me think about those specialty credit cards. How quaint I thought. A credit … Read More … Read More
Tags: credit card, credit cards, retail

Emergencies are the worst time for using debt
Not long after I got my drivers license, my mom gave me an Exxon card to carry around with me. “For emergencies, in case you run out of gas and are stranded.” I never used it. It’s not that I … Read More … Read More
Tags: credit card, credit cards, emergencies, emergency fund, HELOC

Your bank statement is not a budget
I get pushback from people about budgeting all the time. This is because people mistakenly believe that a budget is something that prevents you from doing things. In actuality, the exact opposite is true: you create it, so determine … Read More … Read More
Tags: banks, budget, credit card, statements