The Financial Diet

How to get good with money, even if you have no idea where to start The Financial Diet is the personal finance book for people who don t care about personal finance Whether you re in need of an overspending detox, buried under student debt, or just trying to figure out how to live on an entry level salary, The Financial Diet gives you tools to make a budget, understand investments, and deal with your credit Chelsea Fagan has tapped a range of experts to help you make the best choices for you, but she also knows that being smarter with money isn t just about what you put in the bank It s about everything from the clothes you put in your closet, to your financial relationship habits, to the food you put in your kitchen instead of ordering in again So The Financial Diet gives you the tools to negotiate a raise and the perfect cocktail recipe to celebrate your new salary.The Financial Diet will teach you how to get good with money in a year the ingredients everyone needs to have a budget friendly kitchen how to talk about awkward money stuff with your friends the best way to make and stick to a budget how to take care of your house like a grown up what the hell it means to invest and how you can do it. Best Read [ The Financial Diet ] By [ Chelsea Fagan ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I want to start this out by saying that I m a big fan of the Financial Diet on YouTube In the YouTube context, I find Chelsea and Lauren s voices to be relatable and refreshing They create listicle style videos on a variety of financial and lifestyle topics such as 12 side hustles you can do in bed So I really wanted to like this book and was looking forward to reading this book However, I m not sure that that this listicle style approach translates well to a book, particularly a book that I want to start this out by saying that I m a big fan of the Financial Diet on YouTube In the YouTube context, I find Chelsea and Lauren s voices to be relatable and refreshing They create listicle style videos on a variety of financial and lifestyle topics such as 12 side hustles you can do in bed So I really wanted to like this book and was looking forward to reading this book However, I m not sure that that this listicle style approach translates well to a book, particularly a book that is subtitled A Total Beginner s Guide to Getting Good with Money This is not a book that would help a 20 or 30 something gain financial literacy It s a lifestyle book, focused on how to get the lifestyle you aspire to on a budget, how to cope with the fact that some aspirational lifestyles will remain...I ve been a longtime TFD reader and normally I m actually a fan of Chelsea s writing That being said, I was very disappointed in this book, and the positive reviews it has been getting in the media One of my biggest frustrations as a woman who cares about personal finance is how difficult it is to find content that s geared towards women without being infantilizing All too frequently, personal finance for women is dumbed down to books with pink covers, pretty fonts, and the most basic informa I ve been a longtime TFD reader and normally I m actually a fan of Chelsea s writing That being said, I was very disappointed in this book, and the positive reviews it has been getting in the media One of my biggest frustrations as a woman who cares about personal finance is how difficult it is to find content that s geared towards women without being infantilizing All too frequently, personal finance for women is dumbed down to books with pink covers, pretty fonts, and the most basic information, rather than information that actually addresses things like how women should be investing differently considering we generally outlive m...This was beautifully designed and it did get me to start thinking about putting a budget together, automating payments, and starting to pay off my student loans At first it even had me laughing along with the I don t have my shit together, I m such a mess humor, but that style got repetitive and gimmicky after a while I also thought som...Eh.I enjoyed the picturesthan the content It s geared towards millennial women so it is very Instagram and Pinterest worthy in regards to layout color pictures It has a few good tips in it for example Chelsea says to save in 3 different accounts one emergency fund you can easily access, one investment fund that can be liquidated if needed and then a long investment fund all of which I personally agree with but overall it talks down to the reader And yes I understand this is a beginn Eh.I enjoyed the picturesthan the content It s geared towards millennial women so it is very Instagram and Pinterest worthy in regards to layout color pictures It has a few good tips in it for example Chelsea says to save in 3 different accounts one emergency fund you can easily access, one investment fund that can be liquidated if needed and then a long investment fund all of which I personally agree with but overall it talks down to the reader And yes I understand this is a begin...Worth it just for the discovery of The Woks of Life website for recipes right up my alley Having already watched all of The Financial Diet s YouTube videos, and reading Broke Millennial by Erin Lowry, there s not...An extension of the finance blog of the same name, The Financial Diet is a beautifully designed guide to money for millenials I really appreciate how both on the blog and in the book, there is an understanding that money is the underlying framework of our entire liv...Informative, but I wish some of the chapters had gonein depth Clearly geared at someone who has no idea what to do with money i.e first step open a 401k and not as much someone who has the initial bases covered and is looking to go to the next level like investing.BUT I really loved the chapters on careers and relationships, both had great advice And I also appreciated their stance that being good with money isn t about depriving yourself, but about knowing where your money is goin Informative, but I wish some of the chapters had gonein depth Clearly geared at someone who has no idea w...I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviewand here it is This book didn t click with me This book was absolutely written with a Millennial reader in mind.The first indication that this wasn t the book for me was when I read that the author, Chelsea Fagan, had a tendency to blow thousands of dollars a month on eating out My response Whoa, who has THOUSANDS of dollars A MONTH to spend on food The second indication that this wasn t I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviewand here it is This book didn t click with me This book was absolutely written wit...I heard about this book after discovering Chelsea on YouTube and watching some of her videos on finance I had just finished reading You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero and I was looking for apractical approach at managing my finances while I still had the positive energy flowing What I wanted was a book with very specific resources for beginner s, budget examples and suggestions on how to begin changing spending habits What I got was a cookbook, advice from wealthy celebr I heard about this book after discovering Chelsea on YouTube and watching some of her videos on finance I had just finished reading You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero and I was looking for apractical approach at managing my finances while I still had the positive energy flowing What I wanted was a book with very specific resources for beginner s, budget examples and suggestions on how to begin changing spending habits What I got was a cookbook, advice from wealthy celebrity contributors, and Pinterest worthy pull quotes in a souped up coffee table book.The book was a casual enough read that I gave it a two star rating instead of a one star bec...My dad recommended this book to me after hearing it was a finance book aimed at millennial women and hearing an interview of Chelsea Fagan, probably on NPR Since working on my finances is a goal for me this year, i was eager to have a good beginners guide that was accessible and informative I would say this delivered on inspiring me to learnabout finances, but it didn t really have a lot of the information a handbook should have There were a few tips and tidbits that stood out to me, li My dad recommended this book to me after hearing it was a finance book aimed at millennial women and hearing an interview of Chelsea Fagan, probably on NPR Since working on my finances is a goal for me this year, i was eager to have a good beginners guide that was accessible and informative I would say this delivered on inspiring me...

• English
• 23 August 2018
Chelsea Fagan
• Hardcover
• 208 pages
• 1682450570
• Chelsea Fagan
• The Financial Diet