by Marie Burns | Feb 4, 2021 | Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financially Organized
What are the odds of getting hit by a bus? 1 in 495,000. Not happening to me, right? But what are the odds that you’re going to die someday? Exactly. Yet only 40% of us put any documents in place about what we want to happen when we die. I always say this topic is...
by Marie Burns | Jan 24, 2021 | Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financial Wellness, Financially Organized
When I first started public speaking, part of my training was the constant reminder that you only have 30 seconds to make a positive impression and grab the audience’s attention. That training was about 30 years ago and the timeframe to make a first impression has...
by Marie Burns | Jan 7, 2021 | Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financial Wellness
“Take a deep breath!” That was probably a common phrase that was used when we were younger if we were upset about something. Or we might have been told to “calm down, count to 10” or “walk it off”. Who knew this age-old advice that we all probably heard from our...
by Marie Burns | Dec 21, 2020 | Financial Planning, Financially Organized
Put Yourself On the “Nice List” This Year What is a favorite memory you have of holiday time as a child? Maybe it was related to an event or activity rather than a gift. Or perhaps you have smells or sounds that come to mind when you think of the holidays. I remember...
by Marie Burns | Nov 23, 2020 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning
“Just like we often have our family around us at the dinner table, Thanksgiving and other holidays, or in times of need, we also should think about having a financial family around us too.” Talking around the dinner table as a young girl is where I heard...
by Marie Burns | Nov 5, 2020 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning
The sooner you communicate your wishes, the less stress and potentially broken relationships there will be in the end. When one of my nieces was just a little thing, maybe 4 or 5 years old, she saw a spoon rack on her grandmother’s wall (my mother-in-law). It is one...
by Marie Burns | Aug 30, 2020 | Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning
A Frustrating Requirement You Need to Understand We head to the pantry this month in our Financial Open House tour, and if you are like me, you have a place for everything. Your pantry is organized the way you like it therefore you don’t really think much about it...
by Marie Burns | Jul 21, 2020 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning
Be sure yours is correct! Let’s talk about your name. You may love your name, or think it’s just okay, or wish you had a different name, and these days, you can legally change your name if you want. BUT that’s not really the name that we need to make sure we get...
by Marie Burns | May 5, 2020 | Caregiver, Estate Planning, Financial Planning
Let’s Turn the Tables… Remember as a child how your parents helped you with anything and everything? From the time you got up in the morning, made your bed, ate some breakfast and started the rest of your day, one or both of your parents probably helped...
by Marie Burns | Apr 6, 2020 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning
The decisions we make now will impact us in the future… Quarantine. Lockdown. Shelter in Place. Social Distancing. COVID-19. Whoever heard of these terms before or even knew what they meant let alone were intentionally living them every day until now!?! None of...
by Marie Burns | Mar 4, 2020 | Financial Planning
… creating better personal finance habits! What good habits do we have, or wish we had? In business or our personal lives, a majority of our daily actions are actually completed out of habit without giving them much thought: our morning routine, our drive to work, our...
by Marie Burns | Feb 4, 2020 | Estate Planning
Remember as a kid being asked “What are the Magic Words?” You were probably being reminded by a parent, teacher or grandparent to remember your manners and say “please” or “thank you” right? Or now that we are in February (how did that happen already!?!), you might...
