http://financegrrl.com/blog Financial Advice 2.0 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:01:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1. Open your eyes to your finances. Don't live in denial. If you have no idea about your finances you must start at the beginning and get yourself organized. If you have files all set up and pay your bills on time but don't know your net worth, figure it out. ... http://financegrrl.com/blog/2007/04/01/top-10-ways-to-get-ahead-financially/ It's not a budget. Budgets make people run screaming from the room. But it is essential to understand the difference between what you earn (take home - not gross) and what you spend. If you've been through the exercise described in this post about the FinanceGrrl Bill Pay System, you've taken ... http://financegrrl.com/blog/2007/04/01/get-ahead-introduction-to-cash-flow/ Those pesky bills. They come each and every month and sometimes it just seems impossible to keep on top of all of them. The more they pile up, the less likely you are to want to do anything. As long as you have a system in place for organization (see ... http://financegrrl.com/blog/2007/04/01/get-ahead-the-bill-pay-system/ There's no shortcuts here, getting organized is the essential first step to getting ahead (and then rich). You can't keep more money if you don't know what you already have. The good news is that its not that hard. Organization creates the solid foundation upon which you will build your financial ... http://financegrrl.com/blog/2007/04/01/get-organized-overview/ If you haven't already got your your financial life organized, then stop right now and Get Organized. If you're all sorted, then it's time to take your finances to the next level and start getting ahead by managing and maintaining the basics. This includes using a system to pay your bills (on time, ... http://financegrrl.com/blog/2007/03/31/get-ahead/ Everyone is different. It's a simple statement, but it's true. Because everyone is different, every financial situation is different as well. Our goal at FinanceGrrl is to give our visitors broadly applicable examples and advice. This should be enough to get most people organized, ahead of the game and even on the road to ... http://financegrrl.com/blog/2007/03/31/get-started/