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Creating a life map involves a close review of personal finances and an assessment of other building blocks. Lifestyle matters look at how to balance work and leisure, how to make smart choices for the future, and many other items in an effort to help an individual “enjoy the journey.”

A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List

Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.

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Video: The Independence of Financial and Emotional

Greater financial and emotional confidence brings greater independence. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

Financial Hacks for Millennials: Don’t Get Burnt With FIRE

Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE), also known as radical savings, encourages aggressive saving to retire by age 40.

To Buy or Not to Buy

The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.

Your Financial Path Forward in the Midst of Mental Illness

Losing a job is never easy, even under normal circumstances. Losing a job or needing to take extended time off of work due to mental illness, however, comes with its own unique set of pressures to navigate

Financial Fixes: The Hidden Costs of Home Ownership

Six out of 10 millennials regret buying a home because they weren’t prepared for the hidden costs.

How Financial Decision-Making is Like Camping

It takes a plan to be successful when you head into the wilderness. Your finances are no different.

Four Great, Unexpected Places to Raise a Family

Here are 4 great, and sometimes unexpected, places to raise a family.

What Does That Mean? IDK

Financial acronyms you should know.

Best Vacations: By Car, By Ship, By Foot, Once in a Lifetime

Four vacation destinations you might never have thought of.

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To Buy or Not to Buy

The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.

The Independence of Financial and Emotional Well-Being

Greater financial and emotional confidence brings greater independence. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

Video: The Independence of Financial and Emotional

Greater financial and emotional confidence brings greater independence. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List

Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.

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Articles

Lots of Variables with Fixed-Rate Mortgages

When selecting a fixed-rate mortgage, a borrower has to determine how many years to finance the loan.

A House Divided

By understanding a few key concepts during a divorce, you may be able to avoid common pitfalls.

What Generation Z Employees Really Want

Bean-bag chairs, foosball tables, pizza Fridays, and work-where-you-want schedules became the business norm over the past...

Financial Fixes: The Most Expensive Cheap Vacation

Many travel-loving millennials run up high credit card debt. Here are some ways to avoid travel credit trap.

7 Father’s Day Financial Hacks for Dads

From diapers to vacations to groceries, emergency trips to the doctor and more, planning for your financial future is some superhero-level stuff when it comes to family finances.

Hindsight 2020: The New Gig Thing

The gig economy has been on the rise for years, for better or for worse. Of the 10 million jobs created in the US between 2005 and 2015, a staggering 94 percent were in the category of “alternative work,” meaning gig work or other temporary employment.

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Videos

To Buy or Not to Buy

The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.

The Independence of Financial and Emotional Well-Being

Greater financial and emotional confidence brings greater independence. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List

Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.

Video: The Independence of Financial and Emotional

Greater financial and emotional confidence brings greater independence. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

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