By Kim Renée Nelson I enjoy shopping. If I could, I would be internet and personal shopping all over the place. I surf the web and window shop seeing all the things I need. Ok, things the advertising industry says I need. However, my budget says “slow your roll girl”! So, I have to be
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As women, we need to understand and internalize the basics of investing and building wealth. Here a few choice tidbits to help you understand finances and build wealth, so you can feel empowered and informed! Tidbit #1 Relatively little can yield big results Investing is about compound interest and staying in it for the long
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Before building a home, blueprints are sketched, supplies are purchased and the house is built. I know that’s pretty simplistic but it will work for our purposes so bear with me :). Decide on Your Goals The blueprints are the plan. You must first decide on your goals. What does your life look like 3
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One of my favorite topics to teach about is the concept of spending money to save money. This was a topic that I thought that I thoroughly understood because my father always emphasized the importance of the concept. However, about a month ago, I seemed to forget the lesson I know so well. I had
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If you have not started investing, learning the basics should be at the top of your priority list. I’m not saying it has to come before your family, but financially, it should be pretty high up there. Sometimes the hardest part about getting started is just getting started. Why not start with these 8 tips? In
Read MoreI grew up thinking that a college degree would be my ticket to wealth or at least entrée into the upper echelons of the middle class. But after taking most of my twenties to dig myself out of $65K of student loans amassed after a B.A. in Political Science, a MSEd in Bilingual Education, and
Read MoreI am that atypical person of color who is chronically early. Recently though, I realized 15 minutes before I was supposed to meet a friend for coffee across town that I was woefully unready, hadn’t even changed into clothes befitting human company yet. I texted the friend to let them know I was running late.
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but I really don’t look forward to my period. Not quite “The Curse” as many people have called it, but not quite “The Gift” that many women have reframed it to be. For awhile, my period was just a biological-something that happened to me, without my permission, and leaving me
Read More“My family has money and we still shop secondhand. How do you think the rich stay rich? Did you know Mary Kay clipped coupons?” One day, I was on a plane to San Diego and, I was speaking to the guy next to me about investing in yourself and the conversation expanded to the difference
Read MoreThis is not breaking news: African-American women are usually the primary decision-makers and chief breadwinners for our families; we must make the decisions for all family consumption from shopping for food, clothing, and shelter as well as well-being (healthcare), transportation and recreation. We, however, in many cases need more support and financial literacy to help
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