Category Archives: Financial Planning

Financial Planning, Gift Giving

Gift Ideas From Grandparents: What’s a Mimi to Do?

Posted on by Marie Burns
gift giving for grandparents
21
Dec

I have evolved over the years in my thinking around gift-giving to children as well as grandchildren. Perhaps you have, too? It’s a blessing that in many situations our grandchildren don’t “need” anything that their parents can’t already provide for them. Our children are often better off than we were at their age, right? For which…

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Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Financially Organized

The Terror of Inheriting a Mess Part 3: Your Scary Stories Continued

Posted on by Marie Burns
Mature woman frustrated
14
Nov

After sharing Part 1 and Part 2 of the Inheriting a Mess and scary stories series, and since I keep receiving comments, emails, and shared stories from readers and other women I have talked with recently, I thought it only fitting to finish with one more blog on the scariest day of the year (Happy Halloween!). I hope that…

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Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Financially Organized

The Terror of Inheriting a Mess: Part 2

Posted on by Marie Burns
mature woman confused
31
Oct

What better time to complete this topic series – Terror of Inheriting a Mess – than October, National Estate Planning Awareness Month!?! Based on your feedback and sharing from Part 1, this blog shares stories, tips and encouragement for those who have experienced inheriting a mess. Your Stories One Sixty and Me reader forewarned that you often can’t…

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Estate Planning, Financial Planning

The Terror of Inheriting a Mess: Part 1

Posted on by Marie Burns
Mature woman reading paper
03
Oct

What do you do when you inherit a mess? Where do you start? How do you move forward? Part of one woman’s solution, Heather Parker, was to become an estate planning attorney to help others avoid the same mess she experienced in her family. Most of us can’t choose that response but let’s take a…

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Financial Planning, Financial Wellness, vacation planning

Before You Go…Don’t Forget Your Pets!

Posted on by Marie Burns
seniors with dog
22
Jul

Making arrangements for your home or apartment before leaving for a vacation can feel like a daunting task when you think about all that needs to be done. Depending on how long you will be gone, you likely need to think about: having the mail/newspaper held, forwarded, or picked up, watering plants, minimizing food items…

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Financial Planning, Financially Organized, vacation planning

Before You Go…Ask Yourself if You Are REALLY Ready

Posted on by Marie Burns
05
Jul

Summer Travels Are you ready for some stress-free summer travels? What favorite summer vacations do you remember from childhood? Any “trips to remember” stories? As a kid, we had no worries, no stress, just jumped in the vehicle when it was time to leave, right? Our family enjoyed two-week drives to the Western states in…

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Financial Planning

What advice would you give to your Graduating Grandchildren?

Posted on by Marie Burns
grandchildren graduating
16
Jun

The Busy Summer Months We always think holiday time in November and December is so busy, but if you are a parent or grandparent, have you ever realized how busy summer is? Last days of school, finals, graduations, Memorial Day, Vacations, 4th of July… whew! It’s no wonder time flies as fast as it does….

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Financial Planning, Financial Wellness, Financially Organized

The Financial Freebie Frenzy

Posted on by Marie Burns
16
May

A Tongue Twister Have you tried a tongue twister in a while? Try saying “financial freebie frenzy” three times fast! I am referring to all of the great attention the topic of financial literacy gets every April, which has been happening every year since 2004 when it was recognized in the United States as Financial…

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Financial Planning, Financial Wellness, Financially Organized

An Epidemic of Another Kind: Financial Illiteracy

Posted on by Marie Burns
Family saving money
26
Apr

Quarantine. Lockdown. Shelter in Place. Social Distancing. COVID-19. Who heard of these terms before or even knew what they meant let alone were intentionally living them every day until 2020!?! Hopefully going forward, none of us will spend as much time at home as we have in the past two years. If Life Gives You…

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Financial Planning, Financial Wellness, Financially Organized

Do You Know Your Worth?

Posted on by Marie Burns
know your worth
13
Apr

What kind of a question is that? I actually hate that question. My first impression is that it is implying my worth as a human being, a valuable person in life (or not), a life worth living, a measure of accomplishments, an implication that whatever your answer is it will rarely be enough. I read…

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