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Enough is Enough: How to Plan for Sustainable Spending

Enough is Enough: How to Plan for Sustainable Spending

by Micah Porter | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog, Budgeting, Habits

Several years ago, my wife and I sat down to work on a budget. Our goal wasn’t to reduce spending so much as it was to plan our spending. We had recently purchased a house in a pricey in-town neighborhood and that purchase happened just over a year after the birth of...
Year End Financial Checklist for Better Financial Health

Year End Financial Checklist for Better Financial Health

by Micah Porter | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Budgeting, Habits

About 10 years ago, I put together a year end checklist. I did so because I wanted to see how much financial progress we had made during the year and because I didn’t want to be blindsided by our tax bill on April 15th. In the years since, my wife and I also began...
The Process Of Buying A New Car

The Process Of Buying A New Car

by Micah Porter | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog, Budgeting, Buying a house, Buying a New Car, Retirees

In last week’s post, I walked through a series of questions you should consider when it comes to a new car purchase. If you’re like me, it’s tough to resist the combination of new car smell and the technology bells and whistles that each new model year brings. For...
Prioritizing Paying Down Debt versus Savings

Prioritizing Paying Down Debt versus Savings

by Micah Porter | May 25, 2017 | Blog, Budgeting, Debt, Savings

Things are going well. Your income is up, expenses are steady and you’ve got money left over at the end of every month. You’re not planning on spending the excess cash, so you face a choice of paying down debt versus saving. How do you choose? The first thing you’ll...
Minerva Planning Group – Tips on Implementing a Budget

Minerva Planning Group – Tips on Implementing a Budget

by Micah Porter | Mar 16, 2017 | Blog, Budgeting

A few months back, I wrote a post on the experience my wife and I have had over the last year in implementing a budget. The experience has been largely positive, and several clients have asked me for some pointers on beginning the budgeting process. Here are some...
A Fee Only Financial Planner’s Resolution – Implementing a Budget

A Fee Only Financial Planner’s Resolution – Implementing a Budget

by Micah Porter | Dec 27, 2016 | Blog, Budgeting

One of the biggest financial changes my wife and I made over the last year was to put a budget in place. It may seem strange that a fee only financial planner wouldn’t have a budget in place, but we had always done a decent job of living within our means and hit our...
What I Wish A Financial Advisor Had Told Me – Part 2

What I Wish A Financial Advisor Had Told Me – Part 2

by Micah Porter | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Budgeting, Fee Only Financial Planning

In last week’s post, I outlined things I could have learned from a good financial advisor had I been working with one early in my career. The list is – sadly for me – on the longer side, so I wanted to revisit the topic and add a few more items in this week’s...
Financial Goals Don’t Always Start with Money

Financial Goals Don’t Always Start with Money

by Micah Porter | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Budgeting, Federal Government Employees, Finances in couples, Retirement Planning

One of the most rewarding aspects of being a financial advisor is working with clients when they realize a financial plan isn’t really about finances, per se, but rather what they want to accomplish with their lives. At that point, the conversation shifts abruptly...
Budget Seems to be the Hardest Word

Budget Seems to be the Hardest Word

by Micah Porter | May 15, 2015 | Blog, Budgeting, financial plans

Budget. If there is a another word in the financial advisor’s lexicon that generates such a strong reaction among clients, I’m not aware of it. For some clients, budgeting is something they’ve always done automatically, while for others it is the financial...
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