Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole

by Tiffany Aliche

There’s a saying that goes, “When you teach, you learn twice.” That’s what happened to me. The more I taught, the more I learned. The more I learned, the more I taught. Each person I helped exposed me to new challenges; and helping them helped me to find solutions for new and different financial problems real people were facing.

It was my job to bring the help to them and to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where learning was exciting and engaging.

Think of these steps as your foundation. The trick is to get to a point that budgeting, saving, debt, credit, and earning become second nature

Let’s practice not feeling dread when it comes to learning about what your money has been up to. How? Celebrate the awareness. Practice celebrating that you know something new about your money, whether it’s good or bad. New knowledge means new action can be taken and new action leads to new and better outcomes.

The two primary purposes of creating and maintaining savings are to see you through tough times and to give you the ability to invest.