A Step-by-Step Guide to Create Your Personal Finance Statement
To get your personal finances right, you must list goals with a personal finance statement. There are many ways to create your personal finance statement. But first, you should be familiar with, Personal Finance Literacy and Personal Finance Planning.
You can accomplish this by using the following: Personal Finance News, Personal Finance Articles, and Personal Finance Courses from investing to home buying.
Then, include the following tools on a regular basis; A Personal Finance Book, a Personal Finance Spreadsheet, a Personal Finance Reddit, and of course, understanding Personal Finance Management.
If you can master this knowledge; your personal finances will soar. Your personal finance statement will be created after you finish all the following personal finance tips listed below.
Step #1 –
Obtaining Personal Finance Literacy
Personal finance literacy includes learning and understanding various fields of personal finance. You must have personal finance literacy to create great finances in your life. I was attending a woman’s conference once and a surprising thing happened.
A young woman saw my name tag, I was to speak on personal finance to this group of businesswomen, including her. She came up to me and said, “what – is – personal – finance”.
I am not going to lie, I was a little shocked that an educated, intelligent businesswoman would ask me this question. I politely said, “your personal finances”. I am not sure that she understood, but she said, “oh”.
I knew she would understand after I spoke at the conference. But she is not alone, many intelligent people do not understand that their personal finance literacy is at the core of their financial success or failure.
Step #2 –
Your Personal Finance Planning
Nothing great happens like magic, including personal finance planning. You must plan what you do and do what you plan.
That applies to personal finance planning, as well as anything else that brings success.
Personal finance planning does not include you turning your financial decisions over to someone else. You must know what you need and what you want to do with your personal finances first, both short and long term.
Otherwise, you may be steered in the wrong direction by others who do not understand your short-term or long-term needs, as well as most of your financial details.
Step #3 –
Use Personal Finance News
Understanding personal finance news is important because it helps to know what is trending in finance. An example, if home prices are starting to drop and you must move for a new job, it may be time to sell sooner rather than later. This will assure you will get the top value you deserve before prices drop.
Or, if finance news repeatedly talks of a recession and home prices are falling rapidly, it may not be time to buy a home. The best decision may be to wait until the foreclosures stop and the prices settle out.
An example of a local recession is if a large company closes in town and many of the workers cannot make their mortgage payments.
Personal finance news is particularly important because it helps you to stay in the know and not make major and costly financial mistakes.
Because you know the status quo of important current issues, you avoid mistakes.
Step #4 –
Read Personal Finance Articles
Studying Personal finance articles are another way to keep up with personal finance news. There are several personal finance articles that explain various topics about personal finance.
You can search and read articles on home buying, car buying, stocks, mutual funds, saving money, budgeting, and more.
Of course, there are a wide variety of personal finance articles here at MsFinancialSavvy Blog. They are added and updated on a regular basis.
Step #5 –
Take Personal Finance Courses
Taking quality Personal finance courses is a great way to learn the most important facts of personal finance and achieve personal finance literacy. There are many great personal finance courses, that will give you a wide array of knowledge.
I specialize in personal finance courses and encourage you to at least start with a home buying or car buying course to save money and buy value.
You can literally save thousands of dollars when you buy a home or car the right way. Many people complain that they have no money after buying a home or car. The reason: “They over-bought on one or both accounts”.
There is a right way and wrong way to buy a car and a home. No broker is going to tell you the right way, they are ONLY interested in the sell. The faster the better, then they are off to the next person.
This holds true with stocks, bonds, mutual funds, home buying, car buying and other investments as well.
Step #6 –
The Personal Finance Book
I started teaching personal finance with my award-winning personal finance book. I will not discuss the book now, but I will tell you that I have 8 new personal finance books. Those books are important because I do what others fail to do in a lot of personal finance books.
I tell you what most typical personal finance problems are and how to solve the problems successfully. I give you several options for example, to learn mutual funds and stocks or understand home buying and car buying with several details.
The most important detail I give you is how to save money and how to make money over time in each process.
Step #7 – Using a Personal Finance Spreadsheet
A personal finance spreadsheet will enable you to put hundreds of details in one place. The personal finance spreadsheet will allow you to track everything you need to grow your finances, understand your personal finances and be consistent with your finances.
You can track bill payoff, bills you need and do not need, and what to do to create an environment to make your finances soar.
You can increase your credit score, track your home buying and car buying as well as other personal finances. Your personal finance spreadsheet will allow you to see if you are failing or if you are on track for success.
You can use personal finance calculators to create your personal finance spreadsheets also.
Step #8 – Why Personal Finance Reddit?
Let us start with personal finance reddit. There are many ways to expose yourself to various types of personal finance information. One, is the variety of opinions on personal finance reddit.
Some of the users are very fluent in personal finance and some are amateurs, but the exposure will enable you to understand the core of personal finance.
Personal finance reddit is a type of personal finance news, not always accurate, but it does give you an idea of what is trending in personal finance. Before you go there start with our personal finance blog.
Finally, Personal Finance Management
In conclusion, you now see that personal finance management can be done by you and is best done by you. When you engage in personal finance articles, reading personal finance news, and finding your favorite personal finance book.
Personal finance planning is the key, and you can do it yourself when you take courses and obtain keen personal finance literacy. You will learn to track your finances with personal finance spreadsheets.
Personal finance reddit is one of many examples of a type of forum you can use to get additional news about personal finance.
When you finish with this personal finance guide you will be able to create a short-term and long-term personal finance statement that will take you years into the future.
Get Your Free Personal Finance Tips
Join WomenVestors facebook group
Visit me on Instagram
I am gonna need this. Mu husband and I are planning to do our own personal finance statement. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great, that will help you to advance with actual knowledge of “where you are starting and want to end up”.
I am still old school and use paper and pen to keep my finances, but I do want to start using more technology to keep track. Great tips
Whatever works, but this is just extra.
This is very helpful. Also coincidentally I’m going from the old-school pen and paper to the technological version. Thanks for the tips and sharing!
Glad I could help.
Been into some finance journey too and starting it really makes fun and I enjoy the learnings I get from it. Thank you for the tips and for sharing your knowledge to your readers too! Indeed a great help especially for those with zero knowledge.
Good luck on your journey, glad I could be of help.
A useful guide for making a personal finance statement. I also like the other resources you have recommended in this article. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks john, I am glad it helps.