Millennials get a bad rap for being lazy with their money. But the truth is we had a rough start toward financial freedom and were not given the tools to succeed.

I was one of the lucky ones who had parents who were always careful with their money. As an award-winning financial and career coach, I’m honored to help people in my generation understand their finances and take the reins of their financial freedom.

I saved 25% of my take-home pay from my corporate job while I was building my own business on the side — and now I’ve saved $100,000. I was able to save such a big chunk of my earnings thanks to four everyday strategies: priority-based spending, choosing to live in a more affordable area, automating my savings, and increasing my savings rate by just 1% at a time.

The higher your score, the more likely you are to get better interest rates and be approved the amount asked for. It takes time to build up to an 800 credit score, but there are ways to fast track your score and be eligible for those awesome rates.

I quit my day job. After 3 years of building Her First $100K as a side hustle, I’m taking my business full-time. After months of you asking (years, really!), “when are you going to quit your 9-5 job?”, it finally happened. 

Whatever your goal is, achieving the dang thing can see scary. I know when I had a goal to save for a down payment on a house, I had no idea how I was going to set aside tens of thousands of dollars. However, creating a visual goal serves two purposes —