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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.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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Financial Planner
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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 still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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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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A foreclosure does not define you financially.
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I've decided to keep working until my last kid is thu college.
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The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.
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My rule is when in doubt hire a professional. You could do it just this year and then you have direction to resume doing it yourself after the consultation. What you don't want is to do it wrong and be hit by a huge tax bill. Remember the old saying, Don't be pennywise and pound foolish.
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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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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on 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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Priorities lead to prosperity.
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My husband and I are pretty good at leaving money alone until we need it for what we've saved it for.
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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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There are other ways to motivate students than requiring them to take on debt or work long hours taking away from their studies. For example, we don't allow our kids to work during the school hours their freshman year. After that, they can work a little but not so much that it hurts their education.
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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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No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.
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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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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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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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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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