Episode Details

You’ve been working hard to get your day-to-day habits under control, but what about your long-term strategy for your money? Are you thinking about your budget? Your savings? Retirement? This can be the most challenging to get started, but it doesn’t have to be painful — and it can even be fun! This week on the show, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright talk about setting up a financial plan, the tools and resources you’ll need to start budgeting and offer a variation on a debt reduction plan to get you saving smartly today!

Links & Notes

• 10 Reasons Why Financial Plans Aren’t Just For the 1% by Forbes
• Dave’s Budgeting Forms
• Mint.Com
• The Total Money Makeover - By Dave Ramsey
• Secrets of the Millionaire Mind - T.Harv Eker
• The Millionaire Next Door - By Thomas Stanley and William Danko
• Dave Ramsey’s Snowball Debt Reduction Plan