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No lie: I used to think people truly meant saving cash when they said, “I’m saving for retirement.” I thought people had a vault with stacks of cash. Boy, was I wrong.
In this episode, I go through what saving for retirement actually means, why you need to get started NOW and the power of compound interest.
I also chat about different investing accounts, income limits and tax advantages, and where you can go online to start educating yourself about investing.
We planned to build our forever home and get old and gray on that property… until Covid hit and lumber prices skyrocketed. Our dream no longer aligned with what we needed, life happened, and we made a huge decision that changed everything.
Let me educate you all about why you need an emergency fund to begin with, how much to keep in it (hint: it’s personal to you and your situation), where the heck to keep it, and more!
Alyssa Davies, content creator and a published author, joins the podcast to talk about how she was able to approach her finances from a new perspective and remove the guilt and shame for the spending. We discuss financial trauma, how mental health is tied to personal finance and why internalized capitalism is something to fight against, not praise.
a sunny side up life ORIGINALS
What we’re truly searching for on our financial journey isn’t “happiness”, it’s peace and fulfillment
Part of that peace and fulfillment has come from being a confident entrepreneur, wife, mom, and person. Without realizing it, my debt free journey built not only my wealth, but it built up the confidence inside myself.
This journey is so much more than money will ever be. Money can make your dreams more achievable and money is certainly a vehicle to actualize your desire, but only you can discover what those desires are.
In other words, you have to do the foundational work first.
In this article I’m sharing my favorite basket stuffer items, my favorite place to shop on a budget, + my to-go frugal hacks to help you stick to your budget this Easter.
Things are uncertain right now, so I wanted to share 9 non-medical tips for how to handle the CoronaVirus.
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We started decluttering in 2015, and haven’t looked back since. We sold our 3,000 sq. ft. house and moved our family-of-5 into a 750 sq. ft. rent house in order to become debt free and live a simpler life.
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Do you ever have those moments in your parenting life that come from mundane activities that you know your child is going to remember forever? The ones that are unscripted and naturally occurring, but just end up being the total best? We had one of these moments recently.
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When I first started launched my blog, business budgeting was the last thing on my mind. Website development, social media engagement, digital products, and email funnels cluttered the top of my priority list. As the tax deadline approached, I quickly realized my mistake. Over the course of a few days, I huddled up with my online bank statements, grabbed several cups of coffee, and got to work on taking charge of my business budget.
Being a bride in our modern day economy is about as easy as Jon Snow taking the Iron throne. It works in theory, until you realize you’re screwed. From endless commercials, wedding websites, and TLC ‘reality’ TV shows, you’ve been programmed to believe what the “ideal” wedding should look like in every detail possible. While it is an exciting time of life, be aware of this scheme and take charge of your wallets ladies (and dudes)! Here are 5 tips I used while planning my wedding without going into any debt!
“I’m going to quit my job in four years and live on a sailboat while traveling the world” - me two years ago. I set this ambitious goal after some financially big things happened at work. I heard of FI/RE years ago but wasn’t at the point to receive the information at the time. I knew we were headed that way after we finish our emergency fund, but I needed a method to get Josh fired up about it too.
I used to be “too busy”. What I was too busy doing, I haven’t the foggiest idea. All I knew was that there were things I would like to do, but I just simply didn’t have time.
The nebulous idea of “enough” is the topic of conversation in the season 2 finale of A Sunny Side Up Life podcast. Most of us struggle with this concept very early in our lives, as we begin to understand complex topics and facts of life like class, race, and inequity. But how do we handle not being enough as adults when not reaching “enoughness” has real mental, physical and psychological ramifications? I also chat about different investing accounts, income limits and tax advantages, and where you can go online to start educating yourself about investing.