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Retirement Goals by Decade
From anti-aging skincare to mobility-based exercises to nutrient-dense smoothies that promise to extend our lives, self-care practices that promise to improve our golden years are becoming more and more popular. And while I love ...
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The Pros and Cons of Combining Finances with a Partner
Ah, Valentine's Day. Red and pink boxes are appearing in storefronts, rom-coms are flooding the box office, and a certain bow-wielding angel seems to be lurking around every corner. Love is certainly in ...
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5 Personal Finance Resolutions You Can Actually Stick to This Year
If the holidays are all about making a list and checking it twice, the new year is a time for making (and breaking) resolutions. But what if you don't want to break those resolutions ...
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How to Budget for Holiday Spending
Christmas is often referred to as "the season of giving," and while this nickname often brings to mind thoughts of beautifully-wrapped presents and overflowing stockings, Christmas can also be a season of giving… …overblown ...
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How to Reduce Your Debt
Shortly after I graduated from college, I was invited to a happy hour with a friend who was in medical school. We met at our favorite bar and immediately started to catch up as ...
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How to Adjust Your Budget After Losing Your Job
"What to do after losing your job" "How to make ends meet when you're newly unemployed" "Budgeting tips for someone who just lost their job" Whatever the internet search was that brought you to ...
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What It Means to Be Financially Healthy
It is no secret that today's society is pretty health obsessed. Scrolling through social media, we are inundated with posts and advertisements for meditation apps, CBD gummies, green smoothies, and gym memberships that are ...
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5 Common Misconceptions about Investing
From books to podcasts to chat boards on Reddit, it seems like everyone is talking about investing nowadays, and as someone who consistently urges her community to partake in more money conversations, I'm thrilled! ...
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Divorce and Finances: What You Need to Know
Going through a divorce can be a tough transition even for the most amicable of splits. Along with high emotions, there's a high amount of paperwork to sort through, especially where financial information is ...
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Financial Considerations When Leaving a Job
While we all know that jobs don't define who you are, leaving one can impact your finances, either temporarily or long-term. You might be leaving for a new role, starting a business, or taking ...
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How to Financially Prepare for a Family
Anyone who has thought about starting or growing a family has likely been confronted by a startling statistic: On average, it costs about $233,000 to raise a child from birth to age 18 in ...
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Just How Many Credit Cards Should I Have?
Did you know that the average American carries around 4 credit cards at any given time? That stat may have you asking yourself if you have too few-or too many-credit cards, and wondering at ...
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What to do if You go Over Your Wedding Budget
So you've planned the wedding of your dreams: the live band is booked, the RSVPs are flooding in, and you fall asleep dreaming of the mini quiches and crab cakes you'll serve at your ...
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How to Give Financial Advice to a Friend or Loved One
I have a friend-let's call her Alice-and we go way back. I'm talking about school uniforms, crayons, and decades of friendship. When you're friends with someone that long, you share a lot with each ...
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5 Ways to Teach Kids About Finances
One of the stats that always blows the minds of the Her First $100K community is that our money mindset is formed by age seven. When we think of what elementary-aged kids are taught, ...
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How to Create Your Retirement Plan
Have you ever had one of those nightmares that feels a little too real? You know the ones: you show up to work only to realize you have a deadline that you didn't meet, ...
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5 Money Saving Hacks to Implement This Summer
If the rising temperatures have you itching to get out with the old and in with the new, why not also channel that energy toward your finances? Think of it as a summer cleaning ...
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5 Financial Topics to Discuss With Your Partner
When you start dating someone, it's common to talk about career, family, and hobbies. Money, on the other hand, often feels like a taboo topic or something that simply isn't that fun to discuss. ...
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Achieving Financial Well-Being Doesn’t Have to Be Hard. Here’s How to Do It in Nine Steps.
Money is a tricky subject for just about anyone, and research shows millennials worry about finances about seven times a day, on average. Money is stressful to think about even when your finances are ...
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5 Tips to Ease Financial Stress
Money is great, right? I'm not going to gloss over the fact that money makes life better-period. I know there's the phrase about money not buying happiness, but I'm pretty sure whoever said that ...
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How to Understand Your Net Worth
There's a reason why hearing the term "net worth" makes you think of celebrities. Google will have you thinking it's only for the rich and famous. Beyoncé's reportedly worth $440 million, which isn't exactly ...
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What Inflation Means for Your Budget
If real life were a movie, we'd hear scary music every time the word "inflation" was mentioned. We see the headlines, like "U.S. Inflation at 7.9% Highest Since 1982 as Prices Surge for Gas, ...
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5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances
Much like the start of a new year, spring provides us with an opportunity to take stock of where we are and breathe new life into areas that need attention. Whether that’s the old ...
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The Newlyweds’ Guide to Life Insurance
It's officially wedding season! As the US continues to open back up, it seems that everywhere you look someone is getting married, with a double whammy of postponed nuptials and regularly scheduled 2022 events ...
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The Pros and Cons of Combining Finances with a Partner
Ah, Valentine's Day. Red and pink boxes are appearing in storefronts, rom-coms are flooding the box office, and a certain bow-wielding angel seems to be lurking around every corner. Love is certainly in the ...
Read more Meet our expert columnist: Tori Dunlap
Tori Dunlap is an internationally-recognized money and career expert, and podcast host. Founder and CEO of Her First $100K, she has helped over three million people negotiate salary, pay off debt, build savings, and invest. Host of the #1 Business Podcast, Financial Feminist; author of the upcoming book “Financial Feminist” (Harper Collins); and Adweek's "Finance Creator of the Year", Tori's work has been featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, the New York Times, and more.
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