2021 is here! 2021 is right around the corner and many people say “in the new year I am going to do this, I am going to do that.” I say “what can you do on January 1st that you can’t do today?” Especially when it comes to your money. I want to share three […]

You may be thinking why is Ja’Net who is all about paying off debt and saving money talking about shopping? Yes while I was paying the $50,000 of debt off in the two years I did not go shopping. Not even on Black Friday. Everyone is not able to delay shopping for that long so […]

You can’t tell, but that is a big smile behind that mask! You also can’t tell that before this trip happened I was on the verge of spending hundreds of dollars for a trip to the mountains. A few days before we ended up at this aquarium I had planned to do a two day […]

Women are the fastest growing segment when it comes to entrepreneurship. There are 12.3 million women owned businesses in the country and those businesses account for $1.8 trillion dollars each year. Since it is Women’s Small Business Month I want to share a few tips and strategies for female entrepreneurs that can help them start […]

Are you ready to jump in the deep end and start traveling again? It has been six months since I have traveled. I knew that everything was going to look very different when I decided to travel again, but I did not know to what level. In this blog post I am going to share […]

There have been a lot of questions about the Payroll Tax Holiday. What is it? How does it work? Does it affect me? There is a lot of confusion around it and I want to share information and tips for those of you who may have questions. What Is It: It is not a holiday, but […]

I am going to be part of a Wellness Panel with Novant Health this week and it got me thinking about health and how it relates to money. A couple in retirement will end up spending $285,000 on healthcare alone (Link). Women will spend $150,000 while men will spend $135,000. Looking at these numbers it […]

Now that most of the school systems have decided on a temporary virtual option, parents are trying to figure out what to do now. When it comes to going back to school for their children, many traditions like back to school shopping, open house, and the excitement of class schedules are going to be different. […]

There has been a lot of coverage around k-12 and the changes for students headed into a new school year, but little has been said around college students. There are thousands of college students back on campus preparing for a semester that looks like nothing they have seen before. I want to share what college students […]

I am not on stages speaking right now thanks to the pandemic, but I am still doing online Financial Literacy workshops. When I am on stages I am usually either speaking to students or I am talking to employees at a company. Rarely am I speaking to both young people and adults at the same […]