by Sarah Carr | Jul 23, 2016 | Budgeting, Personal Finance
Good question. Can money really buy happiness? My automatic response used to be, of course not. Happiness can’t be bought! Then I’d think about it again. I suppose money can provide opportunities that lead to happiness. Not to mention that if you look...
by Sarah Carr | Mar 13, 2015 | Budgeting, Financial Education, Financial Therapy, Personal Finance
We often think of self-care in the fields of health, nutrition, fitness, emotional, spiritual, and mental health but not often do we relate the idea of self-care to our personal financial lives. Perhaps, it’s time for that to change. Instead of neglecting and...
by Sarah Carr | Jan 29, 2015 | Financial Education, Personal Finance, Retirement, Retirement Planning
As traditional pensions decline and other retirement expenses, such as health care, increase, affording retirement has become an even greater challenge. My work as a financial planner used to be running analysis to best optimize retirement income and improve...
by Sarah Carr | Dec 31, 2014 | Budgeting, Personal Finance, Planning, Shopping
Christmas is over. The hustle and bustle has finally come to an end. The zillions of parties, events and obligations have finally stopped overcrowding your schedule. And now the dreaded task of putting all the decorations away is staring you in the face. Not to...
by Sarah Carr | Sep 23, 2014 | conscious spending, happiness, lifestyle expenses, money concerns, Personal Finance, spending
In a recent USA Today article Top 5 money problems Americans face cited that “living for today”, “ensuring a comfortable lifestyle”, “accumulating too much debt”, and “making poor purchasing and investment decisions” topped the list of financial concerns for survey...
