Welcome to the Life Changes by You Blog!
How Did I Get Here?
Welcome and thank you for checking out my page. This is all so new to me and outside of my comfort zone, but when you find something you are passionate about you should roll with it. This is a quick intro to how I stumbled into this lovely community and onto our...
How’d the year go? Financially speaking.
This year we continued to go against the grain of society. In April 2019, Kevin and I were able to achieve our goal of becoming debt free of everything but our house. This was so liberating but, knowing me I was already thinking ahead to what's next. I think Kevin...
Setting goals in the New Year. How to do it right.
New Years is the day and setting goals is the game. How many times have you set out to make new years resolutions and you fall flat on your face one day, one week or even a month into it? Did you set too many goals, were they unattainable, did you have no direction...
The Giving Season.
It’s the time of year when giving is at the forefront of our minds. As a nurse you signed up to give everyday, to take care of other people. Regardless of what nursing role you play your job requires you to put the health and goals of your patients first. You do this...
How Will You Make This The Best Year Yet?
2020 was something else, wasn’t it? As nurses we had a different perspective from the majority of people living in a pandemic. Did you ever wonder how we made it through flu season unscathed in previous years? Why hand washing is now a common occurrence for all people...
Common Money Mistakes Made in Your 20-30s
Now that I’m a wise old 31, I’d like to take a look back at my 20s and see where I made money mistakes and see if I can help you avoid what I did. Going into your 20s you’re becoming an adult and learning how to adult at the same time. Depending on what your parent(s)...
A Guide To Making Your Financial Plan.
Have you ever made a plan for your finances? A few years ago my answer would’ve been no or not long term. How do you think you will retire one day? How do you think wealthy people become wealthy? What are you doing about your financial well-being? If you aren’t...
More Than Just A Numbers Game
As a nurse in school it is drilled into you that you need to perform self-care to maintain your sanity while working in the healthcare field. This comes in many different forms including hearing healthy and physical activity to name a couple of common ones. When I...
How To Make Financial Goals.
Saving money seems great, why wouldn’t you want to have more money? Saving money sounds good in theory, but too often I hear that savings goals seem impossible. How often do you hear of people saving up cash to pay for something these days? More often you hear of...