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3 Financial Steps to Take Before Year-End
A new year is quickly approaching and that means a fresh start. Among the most common new year resolutions, money goals often take the lead. In fact, the 2020 New Year Financial Resolutions Study by Fidelity Investments found that 67% of respondents made a financial resolution including saving more, paying down debt and spending less.…
Four Money Traps Every Mom Should Know
The last thing I expected as I headed up the freeway from San Diego to Los Angeles was a money trap. Traffic? Yes. Frustration and delays? Naturally. But a money trap? Never. Halfway there I had a choice: jump on a wide-open toll road or sit in a sea of traffic only to arrive at my appointment sweaty and swearing. It was an easy but costly decision: my $6.50 toll quickly turned into a …
Don’t Count on Millenials for a Work-life Revolution
The work-life conflict of my generationGeneration X, or those born between 1965 and 1980has been defined in large part by the unrealistic expectations that women, primarily, have placed on themselves to have it allcareer, marriage, kids, house in the suburbs, and more. Somewhere along the way, having it all morphed into doing it alla far cry from the liberation our feminist foremothers fought so hard for. But what about the next …
Bad Mommy Moment, Part II
I am so blessed to have this ModernMom community to be my sounding board, hear my heartaches, and allow me to share my life challenges.
The Use of Contraceptives
Contraceptives are a fact of life for most women from their teens through menopause. Effective birth control, used correctly, is critical to avoid an unplanned pregnancy. Access to birth control has revolutionized women’s rights, but finding a contraceptive that works and has minimal side effects still remains difficult, even in today’s world.