practical and meaningful

I am like Lloyd Dobbler

Customize Your Savings Strategy

Getting back to “Say Anything”…did Lloyd Dobbler lose in the end? No. Why? Because of a good movie script. And why else? Because he:

· assessed his situation

· developed a smart plan of attack

· didn’t lose sight of long-term goals

Same goes for investing when the sky is falling.

Cyndi Finkle agrees, “As a personal finance saver - I am continuing on my path of saving as much as I can, consistently, and not letting the crazy markets derail my efforts. I have separate savings accounts for the college fund 529, the private school fund, retirement fund, vacation fund, and emergency fund. I have auto savings into all the separate accounts.”

Maybe your approach is like Cyndi’s – or maybe you’ve found other strategies that work best.

How are you staying smart in the face of another stock market crash?

eyntkice

I am being interviewed on the local news today about my eyntkice - everything you need to know in case of emergency.  It is my log book of all the pertinent information anyone would need to know if I died tomorrow. Bank account info, life insurance info, trust info, log in info, contact info, investment info, family info - ETC.

Being practical and proactive with important information is not optional.  Are you up to date on everything? If not, take time this month and get your affairs in order. Check in with your family to make sure they have their affairs in order. Create your trust. Get life insurance. Be practical.

math for life

I have a very practical approach to finances and money and savings. I am working on a series of books about money called Math for Life which will incorporate real life money tips, advice, and systems to live a happy financial life.

It will be for kids, tweens/teens, and people in their 20's, 30's, and 40's.

So much to know. Simple steps you can take to improve your credit, manage your budget, and live a financially satisfying life.

stay tuned.

Ink from Chase is proud to support small business owners like me

I am part of the Chase Ink campaign and here is the AD that appears in the July-August Issue of Inc. Magazine!

smART - art for sale program is launched

At the art studios I wanted to find ways to teach the students that the art work they do is valuable, important, and worthwhile. Today at the student art show, we kicked off the smART program -where the work (of students who choose to participate) is for sale. Price for every piece is $100 and, when it sells,  the artists gets to keep $50 and choose whether to put the other $50 towards paying for their art classes, supporting their favorite charity, or contributing to their college fund.

Make money, share your art with the world, give back, save for your future, feel your value, help with expenditures, be inspired,inspire others.

 work on our gallery blog. 

 

i am a mompreneur

Raising my daughter and running my businesses simulaneously takes a lot of effort, refined systems, and balancing.

I am grateful I get to do both. I am aware that not everyone can carve out their work day to pick up at the bus and be with your kids until bedtime - even if it means staying up til midnight working after they go to sleep. I love working and the example I am setting for my daughter. She is ripe with ideas for businesses, and I cannot wait to see what she does in the world with her talent and drive.

Not having much time to myself, and not having a perfectly kept house - is a fine exchange for the benefit of my children  - my daughter - and my businesses.

Tonight I am honored to speak on a panel of extraordinary mompreneur's as part of a fundraiser for Larchmont Charter West Hollywood.  We will hold the event at the art studio in Hollywood- and feel free to come support the school and be inspired.

the smartest woman

My grandmother (Mema) was so ahead of her time. She graduated from high school at 16, college at 19, and was teaching kids older than her after she graduated.

Later, she had success on tv game shows.  She was on gambit and hollywood squares - where she won a piano, a bunch of trips, cough drops, and so much more.  She was as smart as they come - and an amazing cook.

I learned to play piano on the one she won. She also won 2 cars (she got a vanity plate that said hwd 2 - for Hollywood Squares. 

LA TIMES Business Section

It is important to tell our story. To inform people how things came to be. To understand how we came to be. To see forward movement in our lives and goals.

Part of my story is told today in the Los Angeles Times Business section!

 

THINK days

With the new year, I organized my work week in a way that gave me a specific day for each of my businesses, a floating day, and a THINK day. I try to spend most weekends with my family.

My THINK day has made all the difference in terms of keeping it all going. Before, I would wake up at 3 in the morning to enjoy some quiet time to think, write, plan, and organize. Now, knowing that every single week, I am going to have at least one day to look at the big picture and think my own thoughts, I am more focused and productive on my other work days.

My brag post

My friend at HOLLYWOOD HOUSEWIFE asked everyone to create a brag post where we share things we are proud of and do not normally boast about....so here are a few.

My credit score is 806!

My husband and I decided to get married without ever going on a date and we still like each other 15 years later.

I graduated college in three and a half years.

When I graduated college, I moved to NYC -had never been there, did not know anyone there, bought a one way ticket and moved to pursue photography.

I started my craft services company as a way to support my photography and grew it into a successful business.

In the middle of a recession, I bought a business (ART WORKS STUDIO)  and expanded that business by opening a second location.

I gave birth naturally - with no drugs.

I have never tried a single drug in my life.

I make a great coconut cake.