by Sandi Martin | Dec 29, 2015 | Accountability, Blog, Financial Infrastructure, Goal Planning, Personal Finance
Last year, what I wanted most for you was clarity, remember? How would your life be better if you were absolutely clear about what you want your life to look like, the resources you have or will have at your disposal, and the obstacles that you’ll have to get over,...
by Sandi Martin | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, contentment, Financial Infrastructure, Goal Planning, Personal Finance
The daily practices of a life with direction can either be onerous, and chafe so much that you give up or grumble your way through a miserable life, or you can settle into them with an attitude of contentment and get happy on the way to your goals, not just when you eventually reach them.
by Sandi Martin | Nov 26, 2013 | Blog, Budgets, Financial Infrastructure, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
The point: There’s no universal equation into which you can plug your details and receive a perfectly optimized solution to all your personal finance questions. I still pay bank fees. (Hear that? That’s the sound of ten thousand personal...
by Sandi Martin | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog, Financial Infrastructure, Inside the Bank, Personal Finance
The point of this post: there are bankers out there who actually care more about doing a good job for their clients than for the bank, and they’re worth finding…and keeping. Today, we’re making friends with bankers. Lets pause here for a minute, so...
by Sandi Martin | Mar 14, 2013 | Blog, Financial Infrastructure, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning, Relationships
The point of this post: if you can’t be honest with your partner about money and financial planning, why are you with them? A healthy financial infrastructure is cost-effective, simple, flexible, and intuitive. It keeps you on budget, moves you closer to your...