Category: Personal Finance

Understanding Your Employee Benefits

Whether you’re just starting out at a job or have been there a while, there’s one thing that you should know: your employee benefits. Your employee benefits add so much value to your compensation. But if

How I Meal Prep for Less Than $45 a Week

I am an avid home cook that enjoys baking, hosting dinner parties and of course meal prepping.  I have always prepped most of my breakfasts, lunches, post-workout snacks, and dinners so that I could enjoy

5 Tips for Debt Management

Do you feel like you’re over your head in debt? You’re not alone. It’s easy to be in denial about how much debt you’re in or feel overwhelmed with the process. While paying off debt isn’t easy, it

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of A Money Windfall

Whether you’ve just found out Grandma Betty died and left you a sum of money, or you got a huge bonus or miraculously won the lotto, you’re probably wondering one thing: What’s the best way to use your

4 Ways I Am Now More Financially Confident

Kathryn J. has been a Financial Gym Advisors client for 1 year. She lives in Pittsburgh and loves gaming with friends, writing, and ceramics.

How to Help Your Elderly Parents

Let’s face it, you’re not getting any younger. And neither are your parents. At this point, they’re getting up there and you’re starting to worry about their finances and security. What will happen to them? What do you

The Difference between a Savings and a CD Account

When you’re ready to get fit, you start working out, trying to find the best equipment that gets you the most bang for your buck. What will really get you looking like J. Lo who seems to defy

What My Quarterly Weigh-In Was Like

Our client Keeley shares about her initial fears for her first quarterly review and what she’s accomplished in her first 3 months as a client at The Gym. She’s upped her emergency fund and also budgets for fun

What My Plan Session Was Like

What’s it like to receive your financial plan? FinGym client Ruth Joseph explains how she tackled her plan’s “to-do” list!

How an Accountability Buddy Can Transform Your Finances

It’s almost the new year and you’re ready to get your finances in check. You’ve tried before but you tell yourself this time will be different. Sound familiar? Many of us have goals to improve our finances but

What My Financially Naked Session Was Like

I was huffing and puffing on the stationary bike in the workout room of my Southern Utah home where my boyfriend and I live with our two dogs. I looked at the incoming call from New York with some

What My First Warm-Up Call Was Like

FinGym client Jessica Weeks opens up about how she felt about her WarmUp call and what she has accomplished in the 3 months that she’s been a client of Tai’s.

Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Filing For a Tax Extension

The tax deadline is approaching and panic is starting to set in. You feel like there’s no way you can get everything together to submit in time, so what can you do? The good news is you can file

Do I have to report cash and side hustle income on my tax return?

If you’re a side hustler, but also have a 9 to 5 job, you might wonder how all of this will affect your taxes. You’re familiar with the W-2 life, but what about all of your side hustle income?

My “Gym-Fueled” Life Changes

Client and Warm Up Call Associate, Rebekkah, has paid off $14K in credit card debt, funded her emergency savings, increased her credit score by 50 points and even funded a two-week European vacation. Learn how she overcame her money

5 Women to Know In the Personal Finance Space

You know at The Financial Gym Advisors we’re all about supporting women. As a female-founded company, we love supporting other women trailblazers, especially in the personal finance space. That’s why for Women’s History Month and International Women's Day we’ve

4 Reasons to Enjoy the FinGym Webinars

Let’s be honest, webinars have a bad rap. If you’re anything like I am then you know the drill - log in, tune out. My experience with the Financial Gym Advisors webinars has been different. These one-hour

How the Financial Gym Advisors Helped Change the Way I View My Finances

I saw an ad on Facebook, and I was immediately intrigued about having a financial advisor that’s more like a gym trainer. My first thought was automatically “Oh, there’s no way I could afford something like that”. But

Student Loan Debt Consolidation vs. Refinancing

Whether you should consolidate or refinance is a personal decision. If your main goal is to save money, refinancing can help. If you want to simplify your payments, consolidating can be a good option. Like any loan-related decisions, you

How Saving Less Helped Me Surpass My Emergency Fund Goal

As far as I was concerned, saving almost half my monthly income was the way to go. It worked on paper, and made logical sense, but it didn’t fit in with the full picture of what I was trying

What to Declare on a W-4 If You’re Single

Whether you’re just starting a new job or want to change your tax situation, there’s one form that is inevitable for employees to fill out. The W-4. This is where you put down your tax withholding which states how