Back-of-the-napkin pregnancy math
Things to save for if you're planning to pop out a kid
Deconstructing Money
Exploring the human side of managing money in an impermanent world.
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I am not your money guru
Exploring the human side of managing money in an impermanent world.
Leaving the "church" of money
Plus: I'm co-hosting a (rare) live workshop next week!
A movie convinced me to give up on "having enough"
I loved Project Hail Mary so much I saw it twice. It was a capital F Film — the plot was tight, the writing was solid (and very funny), the sound design and score were perfect, the acting was sharp and evocative. It was a littttttle cheesy at times, but I didn’t mind. The first scene to make me cry happens about halfway through the movie. If you haven’t seen it and like to go into movies knowing…
Something more useful than optimism
Faith with a reality check
Three words to help you feel better about your finances
"That makes sense"
The trouble with "I won't retire. I'll just work 'til I die."
It’s very hard for me to imagine the future. I would never have predicted the last ten years of my life and I’d be a fool to think I can predict the next ten (let alone the next five months with a new human quickly growing inside me). But I do know is that I want to retire one day. I had the advantage of growing up watching a retiree—my dad—enjoy the hell out of that time of his life. He was…
Your annual income can't tell me how you're doing, but another number can
I heard this story once during a Stanford talk on financial literacy last year. 1 This one speaker’s mother-in-law was a housekeeper and her father was a professor of finance. One of them saved consistently and was able to retire comfortably. The other constantly asked for loans of up to $10,000 from their children until those children had an intervention to cut them off. The housekeeper was the…
The $2,000 difference
Emergency funds, "true expenses" and stitching together a safety net
The one where I rage against 50/30/20 budgeting in ten sentences
But first, a testimonial! What would you tell a friend about The Good Bones Edit? “This program truly transformed my relationship to money. Bethel is a curious, insightful and most of all kind guide through what started out as a big, scary leap. Through the program I realized that in the past, my relationship to money was fear: I saved out of fear for the future, and spent out of fear that I…
Is this abundance?
New review just dropped!: “Working with Bethel taught me that budgeting does not have to feel restricting. In fact, its’s freeing! We built a budget that covers the essentials and sets aside money each month for life’s pleasures, like eating out with friends or taking a car home after a night out. Through working with Bethel, I realized that spending on these “non-essentials” is now so much more…