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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.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
Columnist
Financial Planner
Journalist
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Money
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People
Stewards
Managers

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The key to making sure your credit stays good is paying the bill on time. If you are paying the balance off even if there is something on the card in recent purchases, you are good.
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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.
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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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We all fall - even me.
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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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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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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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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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We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices mean we don't get what we want.
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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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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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A foreclosure does not define you financially.
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The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
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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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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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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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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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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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My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.
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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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