Your savings rate is one of the most important metrics you can track as you manage and measure your progress toward financial success. Here’s how to increase yours. Do you know how much money you save right now? When we say “savings rate,” it means the percentage of your gross income that you put toward…
Beyond Finances Podcast #24: Managing Competing Priorities and Financial Goals with Our 4-Step Process
We all know the dangers of lifestyle creep. But what about priority creep? Here’s how to manage multiple competing priorities and financial goals so you can achieve and enjoy what you really want. Most of us have much more than just one thing we want to do, have, enjoy, or accomplish. But we all have…
Beyond Finances Podcast #23: 3 Ideas to Save More and Spend Less Without Feeling Deprived
Don’t spend less. Just spend smarter. These tips will give you easy-to-implement ways to create wiggle room in your budget so you can enjoy more choice over how you use your money. Conversations on budgeting and saving money don’t have to translate to “here’s what you have to give up.” We want to enjoy life…
Beyond Finances Podcast #22: 5 Pieces of Financial Advice for 30-Somethings
How to live below your means without feeling deprived, the importance of consistency, why percentages matter more than dollar amounts, and why you don’t have to spend less — but you sure as heck should spend BETTER. Life can get complicated when you hit 30. You might be in the middle of countless transitions, like…
Beyond Finances Podcast #21: Is This the Next Recession?
Find out exactly what to do in the face of a downturn, learn why market timing is a loser’s game, and pick up our tips on how to recession-proof your life. There has been a lot of talk and media coverage around the question of, “is this the next recession?” There’s a lot of implication…
Beyond Finances Podcast #20: How to Get a Great Deal on a New Car
This one simple trick can save you thousands of dollars (and a whole lot of time and heartache). After 12 years, 130,000 miles, and many seasons sitting out on the streets of Boston being pelted by salt trucks and/or really bad parallel parking jobs, it was time to trade in our old Mazda and upgrade….
Beyond Finances Podcast #19: 3 Paths to Become a Self Made Millionaire
You don’t have to be born into money to have money now. Today, we lay out a few different paths to explore if you want to become a self-made millionaire. We’ll tell you which we’re on, talk about the benefits or downsides of each, and provide some insight on how you can make more money…
Beyond Finances Podcast #18: How to Deal with YOUR Student Debt (Part 2)
In Part II of our series on student loans, we’re looking beyond the topic of general student loan forgiveness… and exploring what to do to better manage the burden of the student debt you have to carry. In Part I of this quick series on student debt, we talked about the potential for total student…
Beyond Finances Podcast #17: Total Student Loan Forgiveness – Yay or Nay? (Part 1)
Total student loan forgiveness is a hot topic right now and everyone has an opinion about whether it’s good or bad. But what should you actually DO about it — and the loans you have right now? Student loans are a subject everyone’s chatting about right now because, for one, it’s always an emotional topic…
Beyond Finances Podcast #16: Market & Money Misconceptions That Can Cost You
What you only think you know can definitely hurt you — and cause you to lose a lot of money in the market. The reality is most of us do not consistently make excellent financial choices on our own, in a vacuum. Part of the problem is that we’re plagued by misconceptions around money and…