Hello, thank you for stopping by! My name is Sarah and I am a wife, mother, grandmother and now a great-grandmother. I started this blog to share tips to those starting their financial journies. My Attitude Toward Money I was in a training last week listening to Joe Burns, who was an amazing speaker, talk […]
Category: Basic Finances
Here are the basics to get you started
Reconciling Your Accounts
Hi, thanks for stopping by. My name is Sarah and I am a wife, mother, and accountant. I started this blog to help others learn some basic finances to help their financial journey. Hopefully, this can help you. What is Account Reconciliation? Account reconciliation is simply a way to make sure that your records match […]
Is it Worth the Cost?
How to determine the actual cost How do you decide if the cost of something you want is reasonable? The best way is to look at the cost, how much it would be used or enjoyed and how long it would take to work for it. If you are making $10 an hour, you can figure […]
How to Build Wealth and Why?
The reason Why should you work towards building wealth over your lifetime? The news keeps telling us that only the rich get richer by stealing from everyone else. But there have been studies lately that show that there are more millionaires now than in the past. A millionaire is someone that has more than $1,000,000 […]
What Bank Accounts do you Need?
There are a few different bank account types and you will need a few of them. Each has its own purpose to help you manage your money from a checking account to a savings account (or two). Checking A checking account is as important today as it was a generation or two ago. Most folks […]
Where to Start
What is the first step in figuring out your personal finance journey? It is determining what you have and what you need it for. It sounds like it is too easy. No matter if you still live at home or are on your own, knowing what you have to work with and where you want […]
Why Finances?
Why do I want to share financial tips? Over the years, I saw that while some financial discussions are going on, there are still a lot of things not discussed or shared. I have heard of parents that do not want their children to know how much they make or how much they spend. Honestly, […]