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Hey Girlies,

Happy holidays!

Because it’s a short (holiday) week, we’re keeping this week’s newsletter and podcast episode brief.

(Much like you, we would rather be plotting how many crafts, Christmas cookies, and movies we can cram into the next week.)

But if you’re craving a quiet mindset reset amidst the holiday chaos, we’ve got just the thing for you…

We created a 30-minute New Year Money Reset to help ease your biggest money pain point this January. Details on that (plus a link to accompanying free download) below!

Also! We’ve got one more podcast episode going out in 2025, and it’s a fun one. Next week, we’re dropping our “2025 Wrapped” episode, where we answer personal questions about what we spent, how we stuck to our financial goals, our best and worst purchases, and more.

Plus, this year we added new, juicer questions to the mix. (And for that reason, you’ll have to be a Finance Girlies Insider to hear the whole episode.)

Stay tuned next week for this celebratory episode!

Wishing you lots of rest, joy, and hot cocoa this week!

On the pod 🎧

Last year around this time, we recorded an episode called How to financially plan for the new year (5 steps + free worksheet).

At the time, our listenership was tiny — this was only the 7th episode we’d published. Still, we heard from a handful of folks that they found it helpful.

We’re so glad, because we looked back at that worksheet while planning this episode, and we both felt overwhelmed. We’re not sure if it’s because we’re just tired or because we’ve learned more about financial education over the last twelve months — but we felt like that episode and worksheet were wayyyy too meaty.

This year, we’re trying something different: A quick 30-minute reset to alleviate ONE financial pain point in the new year.

We’re not trying to do everything this time around, because honestly, this is a busy time of year (and we’d rather be crafting, reading, and watching Christmas movies snuggled up with our pets).

But we also want you to head into the New Year with financial optimism.

This episode (and downloadable worksheet) is where we landed.

Not only will this help you address your biggest money pain point, it’ll help you plan for the inevitable obstacles that threaten to derail your progress.

Tackle it before the clock strikes midnight next week, or wait until you’re back in your regular routine, ideally feeling refreshed from some time off. Either way, this is a quick, low-lift exercise that we promise won’t overwhelm you.

👉 Grab your worksheet here! (And make a copy if you want to edit it.)

More of a reader? Check out the full episode breakdown on our blog.

🎤 Mic drop moment:

“It’s really easy to think that if this thing is important to me, I will naturally make time for it.

And then if you find yourself not making time for it, it’s easy to beat yourself up about it and be like, well, this thing must not actually