#MAKEBUDGETSCOOL Let me get up on my soapbox for a moment and talk about why budgets are so great. I often hear people say 'they don't like budgets' or they 'don't believe in budgets' or they don't want to 'live on a budget' and it goes on and on. Everyday people and financial professionals alike. I'm here to say we need to STOP giving budgets a bad rep. We need to make budgets cool! Ok, maybe that's a stretch but imagine how much more excited we'd been to budget if society s

Money is the amplifier in the happiness formula. I love the word Happy. It makes me happy to say, think, read, talk about. Honestly, if it wasn't already taken Finlotus would have been called 'Happy Money'. For me, being happy isn't a destination, nor do I feel pressure to always feel happy, but it's the baseline I strive for. I like to think that overall, I'm a pretty happy person. This plays a huge role in my relationship with money—in ways big and small. I want to be happy

Financial Wellness could be found in your latte We need to talk about coffee. Not because I'm about to tell you to give it up. (Please. I'm an accountant, not a monster.) But because the coffee-shaming in personal finance has gotten a touch out of hand. You know the story: "If you just gave up your daily $5 latte, you could save $1,825 a year! That's a down payment! That's retirement! That's financial freedom!" Cool. But also... what if your latte is one of three things keepi

Financial Wellness is a journey, mark your wins along the way! It's that time of year when everyone's talking about what they're going to do differently in 2026. But before we rush into all that "new year, new you" energy, let's pause for a second. Because I have a hunch about something: you probably made more financial progress this year than you're giving yourself credit for. Maybe you didn't hit that savings goal. Maybe you still have that credit card balance. Maybe you or

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