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Accountability - The Most Important Step to Understanding Your Finances
Oh boy do people love to judge how others spend their money. Especially how poor people spend their money. Almost every company, brand or influencer has an opinion on what to do or not do that they pass off as hard rules.
To quote Kenickie from Grease, “Rules are there are no rules.”
Transparency About Personal Finance Advice
Personal finance influencers are a great place to find finance information. However, some have had access and privilege's that their audiences aren’t aware of or have access to themselves. We need more transparency about these things to help level the financial literacy gap.
A Little Rant About Personal Finance Tropes
After some time away from the personal finance space, I’m finding it now less personal and more preachy. Even big accounts are falling into bro finance tendencies that leave their audiences feeling like they don’t understand themselves or their money without buying a $400 course on “knowing your worth.” I kinda over it.