Resources are finite; that’s the basis of economics and, heck, even my full-time job. For years, I’ve worked hard to improve my financial health by being intentional about how I spend, save, and invest my money. But there’s something else I’ve come to understand as a recovering overachiever: time is also finite. We only have…
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📈 Why I’m Choosing Not to Scale My Business
Posted on Author Amanda PoffenbergerPosted in Energy Management, Entrepreneurship, Scaling, Small BusinessLeave a Reply
As a small business owner, I get asked if I’m going to scale my photography business. Shouldn’t I want: More clients. More revenue. More employees. More automation. More volume. More types of photography? The short answer? Wait, What? So, this isn’t because my business hasn’t been successful. It has. I steadily grew it through the…
💥 When Action Jackson Marries Ebenezer Scrooge
Posted on Author Amanda PoffenbergerPosted in Decisions, Psychology of Money, Real EstateLeave a Reply
What do you get when you cross a doer with a thinker? While this sounds like a great setup for a joke, it describes my husband and me in a lot of ways — but particularly when it comes to money. I’m Action Jackson. He’s Ebenezer Scrooge. But before you judge either one of us,…
🎓 How Student Loan Debt Taught Me About Managing Money
I’d wanted to go to college for as long as I can remember. Seriously. Since kindergarten. I remember being in the basement level of Lykens Elementary and flipping through a book from Harrisburg Area Community College, mesmerized by all the different courses they offered. Going to college was never really a question in my mind.…
🐝 Stop Bumbling with Your Finances
For years, I thought I was pretty good with money. I balanced my checkbook every month. I never overdrew my account. I paid my bills on time. And beginning in the late 1990s (yes…I’m dating myself), I started tracking my spending in Quicken (I still do). Heck, I had both an actual paper checkbook and…