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Personal Finance: The Key to Financial Success
Put your house in order before you expect to make change in the world. Personal finance is your financial house. The foundation of your financial success. Don’t overlook the first step or risk stumbling on your climb to financial freedom.
5 Reasons CRNAs are Bad with Money
High earning medical professionals meet the stereotype of being bad with money. As with most stereotypies, there is an element of truth at play. Find out where I see most CRNAs making a wrong turn, thus inhibiting their own financial success.
5 Steps to Avoid Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck
It is all too common to see high-income earners living paycheck-to-paycheck. If you find yourself here, start the life-changing journey today. One small step at a time. It’s not easy to turn things around, but it is well worth the effort.
Buy that Latte. Eat Avocado Toast
Take a 10,000-foot view of what actually influences your financial progress as a high-income earner. It’s senseless to sweat the small stuff when major expenses are overinflated and causing true harm to the budget. Live a little and enjoy that morning coffee.
Pitfalls of Wealth Accumulation
Living paycheck to paycheck on a CRNA salary is easier than one might think. Avoid these bad decisions to ensure your escape from the rat race. We have a great profession, but it’s nice to have an exit plan.
Money Really is Everything
Deny as you will, money influences almost everything around us. Money influences where we are, what we do, who we associate with, and the available opportunities. A polarizing title topping a cliché-filled post.
Factors of Wealth Building: The Maintenance Phase
If you reach financial independence, do your best to keep it. Nothing worse than starting over. Read about factors to consider when maintaining your nest egg for the long run.
Factors of Wealth Building: The Accumulation Phase
There are two phases of wealth building and this article speaks to the “accumulation phase.” How to grow a money tree that produces enough fruit to support your way of life.
Manage a Major Purchase: Conquer with these Considerations
Ah, the daunting task of tackling a major purchase without feeling like you are taking three steps back furthering your financial goals. House, car, or camper they are all a lot to stomach, but it can be done.
Asset Allocation: Keep it Simple
Professionals tend to complicate asset allocation even when a few simple investments keep up with the pros.
The Psychology of Money
The behaviors and mindsets that influence financial outcomes. Success is in the eye of the beholder.
Handling Student Loans
Student loans are a reality of most high opportunity cost professions. How student loans are handled determines financial success.
Is your Personal Residence an Investment: The Age Old Debate
I have been told most of my life that purchasing a home is important and a good long-term investment. Now I am not certain that is true. Was it ever true? Read conflicting opinions from two well respected financial gurus.
Spending Ratios: Percents by Category
Where to send your dollars each month. Better yet, how much to spend and how much to invest.
Find a Battle Buddy: Your Financial Success Depends on it
Financial success is not an individual support. Find that certain person who will make your success inevitable.
Money Management: How to Start Investing
Learn about a great place to start your investing journey. You don’t need a complicated strategy to be a successful investor. Read what the experts have found to work best.
How Much do I Need to Retire?
Use The 4% Rule to determine when you can safely and comfortably retire full time.
Money Management: Cash or Credit?
The type of payment method can greatly influence how much you spend. Being mindful of such aspects of personal finance makes a big difference in the long run.
CRNA Money, Now What?
It feels good to be a practicing CRNA and see the paycheck that accompanies the position. But what to do now that I am earning CRNA level compensation?
Personal Finance: Where to Start?
Everyone starts somewhere. It is ideal to learn about finances before you graduate high school, but we all start somewhere. It is never too late to get your finances in order. You will feel better and your relationships will strengthen. There is nothing to lose.