Where to start if you want to get on track financially

Finances can be confusing.  There is a lot of information out there.  Where do you even start?  If you are trying to get on track financially speaking, I've got three steps to get you started.  They are simple steps but they do take determination and focus.  Winning with money isn't rocket science, but it does take a strong dose of self discipline  

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I am using that word rebuild specifically, because we're designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

Now, I believe a lot of things can lead you to the point where it feels like you're starting over.

For me, that looked like divorce after a 20-year marriage.

For my sister, it was the unexpected death of her spouse.

And for you, it could be something totally different.

I think the commonality is when all your plans, all your hopes, all your dreams for the future have gone up in smoke, the rug has been pulled out from under your feet, and even your day-to-day life looks completely different.

If that's you, from the bottom of my heart, I truly want to say I'm sorry.

I know how horrible that feels, how overwhelming and just stressful and so itchy that feels.

But I'm here to offer hope.

I'm here to tell you it gets so much better.

And I'm here to talk about the details of how to get from where you are to an amazing life.

Okay, that's what we're here for.

So welcome.

I'm so glad you're joining me today.

As we get down to today's episode, I'll remind you in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health.

I focused on my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and my growth and goals.

Okay, so those were the five areas.

And I said each podcast would fall under one of those five categories.

Well, today, we're going to be talking about financial health.

I think this is so important.

And in reality, how well we're doing financially, if we're struggling financially, it's going to affect our mental health and our physical health.

It's going to affect a lot of things, right?

You can win with money.

Unfortunately, we don't talk about it enough in our society.

And women, for some reason, don't talk about it enough.

And we need to talk about it more.

And we need to have open and real and honest conversations about money and how to win with money.

It's not rocket science.

You can do it.

If I can do it, I know you can do it.

But we just have to talk about it more.

And we have to make it culturally acceptable to say no to the temporary want and yes to the long term need of winning with money.

And I think culturally, our society isn't really set up in that mindset.

So sometimes, winning with money, the process to get there is counter culture.

Just a little bit.

Because our culture is definitely, I want it now.

I mean, even DoorDash is offering financing.

After pay for DoorDash, you can pay later, you can make payments later.

That's, oh my gosh, I could not believe it when I read that.

But that's the society we live in now, instant gratification.

And winning with money is going to take delayed gratification.

One of the things that I think we've got to be gentle with ourselves when it comes to learning about money.

Because so many of the things we learned,