We are smack dab in the middle of the Financial Literacy Month Series. I’ve previously talked about budgeting, smart money strategies, reining in poor money management, and today the conversation continues. You can alternatively listen to this post here or on your favorite streaming platform: So this topic is low key a deviation from the …
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Money Mindset Over Mismanagement
What’s up beautiful people?! This post is a continuation of the Literacy Month podcast series for April 2021. Before you skip over this series, I dare you to take a listen first. In this series we discuss practical and hopefully fun ways to challenge your money mindset in a positive way. Listen to this episode …
Financial Literacy Month: You Need a Budget
Your money mindset is directly linked to your budgeting system. If it’s off, so is your handle on your money. Let’s get you right with this topic: budgeting. I’m here to bring you some key principles that will take some of the mental load off your strategy and automate your financial success. Want to listen …
Welcome to Financial Literacy Month: Money Mindset
Read the blog post, listen on my site or jump to your favorite streaming site below! We’re switching up things a bit as we look ahead to April which is widely known as Financial Literacy Month. This is something that I’ve been passionate about since my college days. The B Chic blog has personal finances …
Making the Emergency Fund Easy to Tackle
2020 taught us many lessons, but I think the biggest one for me was financially related. Not only did I learn that I have much more discipline than I give myself credit for (shout out for the short term savings that put us into a home), but also that we must be agile with our …
Re-Investment Options for Old 401(k) Accounts
Today I’ll be jumping back into a money management topic. Recently I finalized my IRA investment account with my bank and I was so proud for completing this process. First of all, I sent an inquiry about transferring over a 401k last August (I think) and it wasn’t until November that my account was finally …
Money Making Ideas for 2021
I know money whether it’s earning more, managing it more, or being smarter with it; is key. I also know that millennials like me tend to think about ways of making money outside of their full time jobs a lot. So let’s jump into some examples I’ve tried and found success in. Maybe add these …
Prepping Finances for 2021
Welp it’s almost 2021 but nothing is going to change unless we work for it. I love taking myself through a full financial audit and setting new goals for the upcoming year around this time. So that’s what I’m doing on this week’s episode, but it’s a walkthrough for you to get an idea of …
Managing Money Mindset During Lockdown
I’ve seen a huge uptick in my own spending since being at home. I can definitely attribute much of that to filling the void of not being able to go out. But it also shed light on other poor money habits that I managed to mask instead of completely eradicate. This included: Being swayed by …
How To Control Crazy Spending With More Time On Your Hands
How the Spending Evolved Since the quarantine has started, I’ve found myself online shopping more frequently, building poor spending habits. I know that it’s a byproduct of me not having the luxury to just go out and shop but I think it is also something deeper than that. Not only have I carved out more …