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"I pay at least the minimum requirement on my credit card every month. Is this enough or should I be aiming to pay off the full amount to keep a high credit score?"
"I loved Corporate America but what happened was, I was in my early 20's, I bought a house, a car, and I thought Corporate America was just the ladder to climb for the rest for my life and then layoffs started happening. I realized I needed to figure out a plan B..."
"My wife and I, when we were younger, we used to try to play match-maker with some of our single friends, but I think after we hit 30 we just didn't know anymore single men anymore but we knew all these incredible single women. I think, I was always wondering what was going on."
"I am really good at identifying opportunities, being curious, and sort of going where I'm led. And sometimes it's not a person, but it's circumstances that lead us to different things. "
"I think I learned that from a very young age that money can just impact your relationships, your psyche, your way of being in ways that we're not always aware of. It's not easy to control, and it's definitely a work in progress."
"My wife and I are expecting our first child in the spring. Yay! We're planning to open a 529 account soon and creating a budget for stuff like food, clothes, etc. Any other recommendations I should plan for financially for our little one?"
"I suddenly felt like I didn't have an identity anymore. I'd spent 20+ years in public radio and that brought with it a certain element of recognition. And so I really, for most of my career, identified myself with my job. I was Marketplace's Tess Vigeland and then all of a sudden I was just Tess Vigeland."
"I finally got exposed to real people trying to make decisions with their money...I thought it was a math job, and it turns out it's not. It's about emotion and goals, and dreams, and fears, and worries. And so when I found that out, that's what kept me in the business."
"The way I have people start to look at it is, any money that you're paying to pay minimums on past debt is taking away from our ability to help you to save for the future and to be able to live the life of financial freedom when we want for you today."
