by Marie Burns | Apr 20, 2023 | Financial Advocate, Financial Wellness, Financially Organized
An Overdue Requirement Good news! We are getting close to half of our states here in the US that will begin to require a personal finance course in order to graduate from high school. Yeah! At the same time, I’m also wondering why we haven’t done this long ago? Making...
by Marie Burns | Apr 6, 2023 | Financial Wellness, Financially Organized
I don’t know about you, but lately I find myself frustrated with technology to the point of finally laughing out loud and throwing up my hands saying “What’s next!?!” It’s been a slew of things lately: my phone has been saying for weeks that it will be doing an update...
by Marie Burns | Mar 7, 2023 | Mindset
One of the most fascinating analogies I read in the past few years that truly helped me to understand the importance of something is that sleep is like a dishwasher cycle in our brain. The Dishwasher Cycle If we interrupt it or cut it short or stop and start it, we...
by Marie Burns | Jan 28, 2023 | Mindset
A definite way of deciding something. Chemistry class is where I first heard the term “litmus test” used where it is literally a test (usually a paper strip) that determines if a solution is acidic. In politics, a litmus test is a question asked of candidates to...
by Marie Burns | Dec 21, 2022 | Gift Giving, Grandparents
I have evolved over the years in my thinking around gift-giving to children as well as grandchildren. Perhaps you have, too? It’s a blessing that in many situations our grandchildren don’t “need” anything that their parents can’t already provide for them. Our children...
by Marie Burns | Nov 28, 2022 | Financial Wellness, Mindset
Have you ever been so angry or upset with someone and then realized that they either had no idea what upset you OR they acted like they either didn’t care or didn’t notice that you were upset? Holding onto that extreme negativity and resentment and feeling like your...
by Marie Burns | Nov 14, 2022 | Estate Planning, Financially Organized
After sharing Part 1 and Part 2 of the Inheriting a Mess and scary stories series, and since I keep receiving comments, emails, and shared stories from readers and other women I have talked with recently, I thought it only fitting to finish with one more blog on the...
by Marie Burns | Oct 31, 2022 | Estate Planning, Financially Organized
What better time to complete this topic series – Terror of Inheriting a Mess – than October, National Estate Planning Awareness Month!?! Based on your feedback and sharing from Part 1, this blog shares stories, tips and encouragement for those who have...
by Marie Burns | Oct 3, 2022 | Estate Planning
What do you do when you inherit a mess? Where do you start? How do you move forward? Part of one woman’s solution, Heather Parker, was to become an estate planning attorney to help others avoid the same mess she experienced in her family. Most of us can’t choose that...
by Marie Burns | Aug 30, 2022 | Financial Wellness
The whole premise of my education business, Mind Money Motion, is that the more we take care of our mind and body, the less we have to worry about running out of money… because good health costs less. Many years ago, I used to be a registered dietitian, so I know...
by Marie Burns | Jul 22, 2022 | Financial Wellness, Vacation Planning
Making arrangements for your home or apartment before leaving for a vacation can feel like a daunting task when you think about all that needs to be done. Depending on how long you will be gone, you likely need to think about: having the mail/newspaper held,...
by Marie Burns | Jul 5, 2022 | Financially Organized, Vacation Planning
Summer Travels Are you ready for some stress-free summer travels? What favorite summer vacations do you remember from childhood? Any “trips to remember” stories? As a kid, we had no worries, no stress, just jumped in the vehicle when it was time to leave, right? Our...
