New York Personal Finance Meet Up
I did not have the opportunity to attend Fincon 2017. This blog was newly created in April and in all honesty, FinCon was not even on my radar of things to do this year. After reading the many blog...
View ArticleKnow Your Competition
We start competing the moment we are born. Competition is everywhere. Completion is natural. It is the cycle of life. Eat or be eaten. We must compete every day. Only the strong survive. When I...
View ArticleShould Millennials Contribute to a 401K?
Should Millennials contribute to a 401K? No, that is not a rhetorical question. I was having lunch the other day with my co-worker Jill. Jill is an exceptional young woman. Jill’s parents divorced...
View ArticleMy First Year as a Personal Finance Blogger
My blog just celebrated its first birthday. The Financial Journeyman was launched on April 8, 2017. It is hard to believe that my first year as a personal finance blogger has come and gone. Time sure...
View ArticleJoining a Board of Directors
Have you ever thought about joining a board of directors for an organization that you are interested in serving? I recently was invited to join the board of directors for a local non-profit...
View ArticleFinancial Unmanageability Transcends Money
I believe that financial unmanageability transcends money. When it comes to finding ways to better manage your finances, there are unlimited resources. There are many great books, blogs, forums,...
View ArticleBe Intentional
I recently attended a leadership training seminar at a local college. This seminar was about managing the multi-generational workforce. The facilitator covered many topics and I am not going to get...
View ArticleDebt: Reaching Step Zero
The first step in correcting a problem is to admit that there is a problem. Prior to admitting that there is a problem, there is another step. That is when a person reaches their breaking point and...
View ArticleA Vision Board for Personal Finances
I recently came across an interesting tool to empower individuals to better reach their goals. That tool is a vision board. A vision board is a poster where you post your goals or dreams. You can...
View ArticleDon’t Focus on The Middle Class
When it comes to where people rank on an economic level, the vast majority of people think that they are middle class, but they are not. The single mother with two children and an income of $25,000...
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