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How to respond when things seem delayed
August 30, 2022

Decide How to Respond When Things Seem Delayed

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I received a notification that my book 📕 order for “Navigating the “Impossible”: A Survival Guide for Single Moms from Pregnancy Through the First Year of Motherhood” was delayed and then a day or 2 later another notification saying that if I didn’t receive the books by a certain day I can cancel the order. I started to worry thinking about how long it’s been since I placed the order and how I would need to communicate with the people who pre-ordered that their books were going to be delayed. Ultimately, I had the power to decide how to respond…

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Wish you had more money in your paycheck? In this post, you will learn how to increase your monthly income by changing your tax withholdings.
March 23, 2019

Give Yourself A Monthly Raise With This Simple Tip

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I have a couple of friends who loathe the idea of receiving a refund.  I thought they were crazy when I heard them talk about their desire to structure their taxes in a way where they wouldn’t receive a tax refund.  They believed that a tax refund was a big waste and meant they failed in properly setting up their taxes at the beginning of the year. To them, a tax refund wasn’t something to be excited about, but rather a signal to do something different the following year.  This was totally different than my approach. Unlike my friends, I…

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March 14, 2019

10 Smart and Quick Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund Wisely

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We are in the middle of tax refund season and for many of us, this provides an opportunity to catch up on goals, catch up on bills, or to do something a little special for us or our children. But where to get started and how do you decide what to work on? In this post, I’m going to share 10 Smart and Quick Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund Wisely. These tips will help you have more peace and move you closer to your goals. If you receive a refund, think about how you will allocate your refund before…

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One day as I was as reflecting back on the lessons I learned from Booker T. Washington, I realized just how many of those lessons I can apply to my single motherhood journey. In this post, I share the 6 biggest lessons that I learned.
February 14, 2019

6 Life Lessons I Learned From Booker T. Washington

In Faith

Have I ever told you that I love to read?  In fact, Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington is one of my favorite books.  I first read it a number of years ago. I love the book so much that I’ve read it twice (both times pre-pregnancy and pre-motherhood) at different stages of my life. As background, Booker T. Washington was born a slave, yet he was the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute and under his leadership built the school. He also was an advisor to United States presidents and was an influential leader in the black community….

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We can become more secure around investing. In the post, "The Biggest Investing Mistake Women Make," we will discuss the biggest money mistakes women make.
February 4, 2019

The Biggest Investing Mistake Women Make

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Today’s post is Part 2 of the 2-Part series on Investing. In Part 1 of the Investing series, we talked about how you can fund your investment account. However, there is another step that has to happen. Once you identify where the money to fund your investment account will come from, you will also need to take the next step of opening an investment account and then funding it. Sometimes it is easier to come up with the plan than to actually take the next step of putting the money into the account. Putting money into the account can invoke…

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