Posts bySarah | Smile & Conquer

Investing can seem intimidating or downright scary if you’ve never jumped in and done it before, or if you’ve tried in the past and …

Practicing self-reflection and self-awareness are key ways we grow as people, how we acknowledge our strengths and weaknesses, how we change our habits, and it’s essential for anyone who is trying to live intentionally.

Many of the factors involved in wealth have little to do with our behaviour and much to do with where and when and to whom we’re born.

You might see someone saving twice as much as you and feel like that will never happen for you. But remember that that person had to start somewhere, too.

Bitches get riches because they will not stand to be passed over, talked down to, or left behind. Because they have the skin of a rhinoceros and the unflagging belief that their hard work is worthy of reward.

I don’t feel good unless I’m growing and being challenged and learning new things.

If you haven’t started saving for an emergency fund, then start today! It’s time to start taking steps to protect yourself and your family’s future. Don’t wait until it’s too late.

If you’ve ever spent time in the personal finance world, there’s a good chance you’ve started to think we are straightening out our money situation and saying goodbye to consumerism. These stats might make you realize we still have a ways to go.

Just like money is a tool to demonstrate your values, the currency of spending your time is a tool to demonstrate your values.

You will have to be more creative, earn more, or simply wait a few extra years to hit your magic numbers. Each person or family is on their own path!

I was set on learning everything so I could beat these banks at their own game.

Rather than being a great leveler, bringing both the insanely rich, middle class, and poor to their collective knees, the Great Recession just exacerbated the existing inequality, even as we recover from it.

I’m building a habit and I recognize that I will have to work on mindset every single day.