America Saves Week will be here in just over one month! This is the week where financial professionals, educators, policy makers, researchers, bankers…you get the point…this is the week…
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23 Monday Jan 2017
Posted Growth in 2014
inAmerica Saves Week will be here in just over one month! This is the week where financial professionals, educators, policy makers, researchers, bankers…you get the point…this is the week…
Source: America Saves Week
23 Monday Jan 2017
America Saves Week will be here in just over one month! This is the week where financial professionals, educators, policy makers, researchers, bankers…you get the point…this is the week where we all come together to put an emphasis on helping Americans build the savings habit.
I hope this year YOU will take the America Saves pledge to start, or continue, building your savings! I know that Kansas Saves and other state Saves campaigns will be doing #ImSavingFor promotions–for both photos and videos. In fact, beginning February 1 there is a 5-week long promotion through the nationwide Extension program for the video contest.
The eXtension #ImSavingFor Video Contest, sponsored by a $1000 grant from the Consumer Federation of America, will run through the end of America Saves Week 2017. For more information check out #ImSavingFor.
Once you’ve pledged, download and save the badge below, and share it on your social media!
You don’t have to pledge to save a lot…but commit to building an emergency fund or saving for date night, or for a down payment on a car or a house, or for a vacation, or Christmas…you get the idea. Small dollar amounts add up quickly when you commit to savings! You can even receive text reminders and savings advice (or not, your call) directly from America Saves!
Please let me know what you are saving for and also let America Saves and your state campaign know too!
27 Friday Mar 2015
Posted Financial Growth, Shopping
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Just because your BFF just bought a smokin’ hot pair of $150 jeans doesn’t mean you need to too! Just because your brother bought a brand new truck doesn’t mean you need to do that either–what is YOUR financial reality?
18 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted Family Expenses
inThe weather is so beautiful right now…pretty much throughout the country! I don’t know about you, but at 78 degrees for a high…I pretty much wish it would stay at this temperature the whole year ’round!
Since it won’t, I want to make sure I make plans to enjoy the heat of the summer–wherever that maybe, home, abroad, or on a trip.
In this segment of MomsEveryday, we talk about tips to keep summer vacations in check–have you started saving for your summer break yet?
16 Monday Mar 2015
Posted Seasonal Money Issues
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budget, college, family, Masters' Week, Money, spending, Spring Break, stay-at-home
Spring Break is coming quickly…or is already here depending on where you live.
Down here in Georgia, Spring Break is the first full week in April–which allows those who live in Augusta to escape the craziness that is Masters’ Week! Currently, I’m on “Spring Break” for school (Kansas State)–I put it in quotes because as a PhD student, there really is no such thing as a break, LOL.
In this segment I talk with Penny about some tips for this year’s AND next year’s Spring Break excitement!
Do you have any tips for ways to make Spring Break fun but that don’t break the bank? I’d love to hear from you!
12 Thursday Mar 2015
Posted Growth in 2014
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Dear Readers,
I got the opportunity to guest blog for America Saves! This is a really big deal for me! I hope you’ll go and check out the post at http://www.americasaves.org!
Thank you for your continued support!
Kate
09 Monday Mar 2015
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Have you filed yet? If not, this is the segment for you! A quick chat with Penny Oates regarding things to keep in mind when filing your taxes!
04 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted Family Expenses
in19 Thursday Feb 2015
Posted Financial Growth
inSAVINGS…is not a 4-letter word. Nor is SPENDING. However, we need to find a balance that allows us to meet our needs, provide for our wants, AND put money aside for an emergency, a rainy day, a vacation, a deductible, a car repair, gifts, retirement…the list is potentially endless. How do your spending habits shape up? Even more importantly, how are you doing with your savings?
Everyone needs savings…unlike Oreos (sad but true), everyone has some sort of need to have some money set aside. Many of us make grand resolutions to be better at saving in the New Year, but now that we’re eight weeks in, are you still on track? If you’re not—or even if you are—February 23-28 is the week for you!
America Saves Week (http://www.americasaves.org/for-savers/pledge), February 23-28, is a time specifically dedicated to helping Americans make better spending and SAVINGS decisions–take the pledge! If you don’t know how to start, or if starting seems to be an insurmountable challenge, this week is for you. If you’re on track with your savings, but you want to improve what you’re doing, this week is for you! If you want to inspire others (your children, siblings, parents, friends, etc.) to save more, this week is for you. Long story short—if you have even the slightest, most negligible interest in savings, America Saves week and the tools at America Saves will help you get started and stay on track throughout the year.
I can come up with plenty of reasons that “I just can’t save anything this month”…the dog ate my shoes, so I have to go shopping. I don’t want to cook, so let’s take everyone out. My daughter’s birthday is next month, so I have to start buying party supplies, presents, and favors. I could easily continue this list—but it’s really just a set of excuses that prevent me from investing in my own future.
Do I legitimately need new shoes? Yes…but when I say “shoe-shopping” I don’t think inexpensively. I don’t think sale. I think I NEED, I NEED NOW, and who cares about the cost. We all have days where the last thing we want to do is fix dinner. Sometimes just that one task is the very last straw. However, planning for those days will allow us to…yes, save…for when those days crop up every month without wrecking the budget. My daughter is only going to be little for so long, but dropping $300-500 on a few hours of fun and frivolity is really not the best use of my money. I’m not going to avoid the presents, the fun, the theme that she wants, but scaling it down—because, really, is she even going to remember this party ten years from now?—means that I can get a jump start on saving for Easter, my son’s birthday, my anniversary, my husband’s birthday…you get the point.
We all live life. Life isn’t always convenient, and it tends to be expensive. America Saves Week and the tips and tools provided from the team at America Saves help us get a handle on our savings and spending habits so that we can handle the fun, as well as the inconveniences, on an affordable, cash basis.
27 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted Growth in 2014
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I did a guest blog for the Association of Financial Counseling, Planning, and Education this week and it’s live! I’d love it if you’d go take a look and share your thoughts! http://www.afcpe.org/blog/