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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
Columnist
Financial Planner
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Set up rules for when you will give not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.
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I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.
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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
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Remember life insurance is intended as income replacement to help dependents and or/spouse pay for things that your income would have covered. When you get to the point that you're dependents (Your kids mostly) aren't dependent on your income, you could reduce the amount of life insurance you are carrying.
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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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I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.
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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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There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.
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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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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'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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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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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've decided to keep working until my last kid is thu college.
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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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There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them.
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The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix.
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Not all Trump supporters are bigots. They believe he had something to offer. I may disagree. You may disagree but we need to be civil to each other. Use the facts to make your point. I had read that the clothes made by some of the brands use sweatshops. Facts folks not feelings. We all have to live with each other and our choices.
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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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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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