Ideal Life & Money Academy

5 Steps to Financial Freedom: 1) Starter Emergency Fund ($1,000 – one month of expenses) 2) Permanently Pay off all Debt (except your mortgage/s) 3) Fully Funded Emergency Fund of 3-6 months of expenses 4) Save/Invest 10-20% toward your future (retirement and/or bridge accounts) 5) Pay off Your House Early Celebrate reaching Financial Freedom! Almost everyone can reach Financial Freedom. But first...

We wanted to offer a bonus video as part of the Ideal Life & Money Academy Video Workshop! If you haven't gone through the 3-part workshop yet, go back and watch the 3 previous videos. Remember, our goal as coaches is to help you with two things: 1 - Get on the path to Financial Freedom 2 - Start living your Ideal Life Throughout this 3-part video series we covered: Part 1: Why you want to giv...

In Part 3, we will give you real-life examples and tips to reduce your expenses (which is the fastest way to give yourself a raise). Because any money you save is money you get to KEEP! Part 3: Practical money tips and examples The 2 ways to improve your financial situation Reducing Expenses Increase Income If you are ready to dive deeper, gain control of your money, get on the path to Financial F...

We hope you enjoyed Part 1. Now, we'll shift our focus to getting organized with your money Part 2: Creating your Financial Snapshot Tracking your Income Planning your Expenses Part 3: Practical money tips and examples The 2 ways to improve your financial situation Reducing Expenses Increase Income Spreadsheets: if you would like the spreadsheets we reference in the videos, sign up for this worksh...

Welcome to the Ideal Life & Money Academy Video Workshop Part 1! Our goal as coaches is to help you with two things: 1 - Get on the path to Financial Freedom 2 - Start living your Ideal Life We believe virtually everyone can achieve these goals, but most people don't know where to start. That's why we created this 3-part video series! If you want to live your Ideal Life, you'll most likely nee...

This is a simple walk through on how to create a new Vanguard Personal Investor account. Focused on creating a Roth IRA. Steps: 1) go to - https://investor.vanguard.com/home 2) click "Open an account" 3) select "Open a new account with money from my bank" 4) click "Continue" 5) click "Invest on my own" 6) I'm new to Vanguard click "Sign up" 7) click "Select your account" 8) select Retirement inves...

When you have a choice or decision to make, how do you go about it? Use this process for decisions in any area of your life! 1st - check in with yourself. Do you want to do it? Does it excite you? Is it a heck yes? 2nd - ask your spouse or the other party involved. Do they think it's a good idea? If no, great. Decision done. If yes, then how are you going to make it happen? What's the best way to...

Relationships are hard enough, how do you handle money conversations too? Most of us have heard that money fights and money problems are the #1 reason relationships fail. While these statistics are true, there is one thing you can do to combat this. We need to know what our Values are individually, as well as for our relationship. While its impossible to avoid all conflict, if you know your values...

I admire Taylor and Tony for many reasons, but mostly because they have a passion to impact others' lives and they are willing to take action! What was your reaction during the 2020 Global Pandemic? For most of us, we were shocked and when things got shut down, we thought it was temporary. Then, it started to look like it wasn't so temporary. After months and months of being locked down, what was...