finances — Blog Entries

This is how you're going to start an emergency fund.

So you’re going to build an emergency fund and give yourself the freedom of choice. Let me tell you how you’re going to use the power of automation to reach your savings goal without breaking a sweat.

SavingSarah Catherine GutierrezJuly 2, 2020emergency fund, savings, cash flow management, savings goal, money, psychology of money, financialplanning, finances

40 of the Best Financial Tips, Ideas, and Actions

40 tips, ideas, and actions on how to live a financially sound life—based on the central premise of saving 10.

SavingSarah Catherine GutierrezJune 30, 202040under40, financialplanning, saving, retirement savings, retirement plans, credit cards, investments, finances

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Initial thoughts on the Stimulus Bill

The largest financial bill ever passes through the Senate and heads to the House. Ladysplaining a few relevant elements and the decisions that need to be made around them. Bonus item: student loans. What to do with recent federal action.

SavingSarah Catherine GutierrezMarch 26, 2020stimulus, money, women and money, financial planning, coronavirus, COVID-19, finances

My Money or My Life

Amidst the pain and uncertainty around a global pandemic and volatile stock market, life lessons from a quarantine.

SavingSarah Catherine GutierrezMarch 24, 2020women and money, financial planning, finances, your money or your life, values clarification, money, psychology

How to Break Up With Lifestyle Creep For Good This Time

As seen in Soiree’s The Work Wife

I see it. I like it. I want it. I buy it.

Cash Flow ManagementSarah Catherine GutierrezMarch 5, 2020lifestyle creep, financial planning, finances, women and money, budgeting, cash flow management

A delay in your retirement plan doesn't mean you have to wait to save.

Delays on retirement plans can be a killer for saving. Avoid lifestyle creep and automate your own savings during that waiting period to join the plan. Here’s why.

SavingSarah Catherine GutierrezJanuary 23, 2020finances, women, money, financial planning, retirement plans, retirement, saving, save10