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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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I've found that when you can quickly knock out debt you get motivated because you see progress. Then you attack the other debt so fast that even if it's at a higher interest rate, you don't end up paying much more because you've gotten rid of it.
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I use my financial values to set my limitations. I have three children I want to put through college debt free. So that means I can't spend wildly or with disregard.
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Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
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We all fall - even me.
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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
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Once you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance.
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Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
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You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.
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You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying attention to you, especially with something like money, but they probably are.
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Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point is it's growing even it's just one dollar at at time.
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You shouldn't invest the money if you are looking to use it within five years. Too much risk.
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It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing shade?
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If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.
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You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing yourself.
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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.
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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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