Nine Core Truths About Taking Control of Your Finance

Let’s explore a few myths and uncover some important facts about money, spending, and personal finance.

Nine Core Truths about Taking Control of Your Finances

1. You’re not Alone. Most people have money problems. (Some are just good at hiding it.) For example, recent estimates show that one out of ten people are at serious risk of foreclosure, and one out of seven is currently behind on their mortgage payment. Want to put that in real terms? Next time you’re in a restaurant, look around. If there are forty people seated around you, four of them are trying to figure out how to save their homes, and five or six are behind and are trying to figure out how they’ll come up with the money to pay their bills next month. (A thought that might make you wonder, of course, why they’re in the restaurant at all.)
2. You’re Not a BAD PERSON if You Don’t Have Total Control Over Your Finances. Most of us know math and English and history… we learned those subjects in school. However, most schools don’t teach personal finance. And what most of us do know we learned by trial — and a lot of error. You don’t have to be ashamed or be embarrassed. But if you are, use those feelings to get motivated to make real changes.
3. You CAN Do This. Others who were in worse shape than you have gone from nothing to…