The Racial Wealth Gap
In honor of Black History Month, let's educate ourselves on the racial wealth gap. Read on to learn more about how the racial wealth gap manifests and how you can take action.
Managing Medical Debt
Medical debt is an unfortunate reality for many Americans; every day 1 in 2 Americans choose between paying medical bills and covering basic needs.
Talk to your HR department about retirement benefits
Have you looked at your retirement contributions for the year? How are you progressing towards your goals? If you are lucky enough to have an employer that sponsors a retirement match, have you contributed enough to your account to get the match? Read on to learn more about the ins and outs of workplace sponsored benefits.
Speak with your partner about financial goals
Valentine’s Day is coming up! Have you talked to your partner about your financial goals?
Identify Annual Recurring Expenses
Do you find yourself stressed over paying annual car registration fees or insurance premiums? If so, it's a good idea to take the time to review your annual expenses so you're not scrambling at the last minute.
Mental Health Resources
Mental Health is an integral part of financial health and wellness. Check out these resources below.
Advocacy Tools
Finances for Feminists seeks structural change to enable more people to benefit from the safety and security that money can provide. Check out the resources below to get involved with these advocacy efforts!
Relationships and Money: Resources and Tools
Sometimes it can feel like we are walking on eggshells when discuss money with our partners, kids, and loved ones. It doesn’t have to be that way; these resources will help!
Financial Goal Setting Resources
It’s that time of year! Here are some resources and tools to help you intentionally plan and create healthy, mindful, financial goals.
End of Year Money Review and Reflection
As we come up on the end of the year, we may be more aware of our expenses feeling tighter or other people's expectations running up against our own financial boundaries.
Money Tools: Your one-stop shop
Curious about opening a high-yield savings account? Interested to know where you line up with your retirement goals? Whatever it may be, I’ve got the tools for you.
Open a high-yield savings account
What are the benefits?
High-yield savings accounts earn higher interest than most basic checking and savings accounts; hence the term "high-yield".
Reflect on your Long-Term Financial Goals
Goal setting can get a bad rap. Especially when we spend most of the time comparing and despairing. I suggest an alternative approach. Let's take this time to pause and refocus our intentions on potential long-term goals.
Designate a Beneficiary
Have you set up a beneficiary for your financial accounts? Read on to learn why this is so important!
Set up recurring transfers
Studies have shown that self-control is fragile and shouldn't be relied upon. Good to know it's not just me! So how can we make things easier on our finances?
Build your emergency fund
When difficult circumstances arise, ideally we don't have to manage the financial hurdles in addition to the weight of the situation itself. That's why it's important to build (or set aside) emergency funds.
Journal about your earliest money memory
Reflecting on your money stories and the lessons you learned about money growing up can help you better understand the root of current financial behaviors.
Identify someone you can talk to about money
Do you have someone you can talk to about money issues or goals? Perhaps a friend, partner, family member, etc?
Outline 1-3 Short-Term Financial Goals
If you've been playing along with our bingo series by now you'll have a better sense of your expenses and current account totals. It's a great time to create some short-term goals for yourself.
List out monthly recurring discretionary expenses
Log into your credit cards or other relevant accounts (debit card, etc) to see all of your recurring monthly discretionary expenses. List them out! These are expenses like Spotify, Hulu, New York Times, LinkedIn, Peloton, etc.