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Financial Freedom Evolution, Madison, WI (2026)

08/02/2026

The number one thing I hear is "I don't have time." And I get it, I really do!

When our kids were little I was working full time, running a paper route at 3am, and trying to keep three kids in sports. There was no quiet free afternoon sitting around waiting for me to organize our finances. That afternoon did not exist!

So I built this around real life!

Ten minutes a day, five days. A short video on my Stories each morning walking you through one small piece of your money. Watch it whenever you get a second.

Be here for all five days if you can. Truly, that's what I'd want for you.

But I'm not going to expect it! Because I know that somebody wakes up sick, work runs long, and suddenly it's 9pm and you never once opened Instagram.

So if you want, I'll send you every single recap email. All five days, every step written out, yours to look back on whenever you need them. Not just the day you missed.

And this is actually the whole point.

A plan that only works when everything goes right isn't really a plan. That's true of a Tuesday, and it's true of your money.

The families who stay out of debt aren't the ones who never have a hard month. They're the ones who built something they could fall back on when the hard month showed up.

So if you miss a day this week, you're not behind. You're just using the backup. Which is exactly the skill we're building anyway.

No apps to download. No bank logins. And you don't need exact numbers, "close enough" is fine all week.

We start TOMORROW!

Two things to do tonight, and neither one takes a minute. Comment CHALLENGE so I can send you the link, that's where you sign up and get the free spreadsheet. Then turn on notifications for my Stories so you catch the video in the morning.

Tomorrow is the easiest day of the whole week. We're just listing your accounts.

See you in the morning!

08/01/2026

Okay so this is us. This was us for YEARS.

And the thing is, Penny isn't bad with money. She's not careless. She just never sat down and wrote the number out, so every August it's a surprise all over again.

That was Rick and me too. We knew the school fees were coming. We knew the sports sign-ups were coming. We knew, every single year! We just never actually looked at what it added up to, so it hit us like it was brand new information.

Finding out at the register is not a plan!

That's what we're doing next week. Five days, ten minutes a day, and it's free.

I'll walk you through one small piece of your money each morning on my Stories. And if your week gets away from you, a recap email lands that evening with the steps written out, so you can pick it back up whenever.

Which is sort of the whole lesson, actually. The families who stay out of debt aren't the ones who never have a hard month. They're the ones who built something to fall back on.

Starts Monday. Comment CHALLENGE and I'll send you the link!

07/30/2026

School supplies. New shoes. Registration fees. Sports sign-ups. You know they're coming because it's the same time every year.

So why do they still land like a surprise?

Because knowing something is coming and knowing what it costs are two different things. Most of us run our money from MEMORY. A rough number in our head for what comes in, a rough number for what goes out, and a hope that it works out by the end of the month.

And it usually sort of does, and that's exactly why we never fix it.

When Rick and I finally wrote our numbers down, I thought my math was wrong. I checked it three times. We were raising three kids on $65,000 a year, and we were spending every dollar we had, EVERY single month.

It was hard to look at... But was also the week everything started to change for us!

That's what this challenge is.

Five days. Ten minutes a day. Free.

Monday through Friday I'll walk you through one small piece of your money on my Stories, and send you a recap email each evening so you can't fall behind.

By Friday you'll know your net worth and your monthly cash flow. Calculated for you!

You don't need to be good with money. You just need to be willing to look at it.

Starts Monday, August 3. Comment CHALLENGE and I'll send you the direct link!

07/29/2026

The Money Snapshot Challenge starts Monday.

Five days. Ten minutes a day. Completely free!

Here's what each day looks like:

Monday: your accounts and debt, all in one place
Tuesday: what's actually coming in each month
Wednesday: where it's really going
Thursday: gifts, insurance, and retirement, the ones that catch you off guard
Friday: your dashboard. Net worth and cash flow, done for you

No apps to download. No bank logins. No budgeting experience. And you don't need exact numbers, "close enough" is fine all week!

Sign up now, and the free Household Snapshot lands in your inbox today, so you're ready Monday morning.

Comment CHALLENGE and I'll send you a direct link. See you there.

03/27/2026

For the longest time, Rich thought a budget was the enemy. He'd see Penny working on our finances and get this look on his face like she was planning to take away everything fun in his life.

In his mind, a budget meant restriction. No more tools. No more hunting trips with the guys. No more anything he enjoyed. He thought budgeting meant telling him no all the time!

And I get it because that's what most people think. That's what our culture teaches us. Budget = deprivation.

But here's what I finally helped him see: a budget isn't about what you CAN'T do. It's about deciding what you WANT to do with your money before it disappears.

When they didn't have a budget, Rich would spend money and then feel guilty about it later. Or he'd want to buy something and they'd fight about whether we could afford it. It was constant tension.

Once we started budgeting together, something changed. We'd sit down at the beginning of the month and assign every dollar a job. Some went to bills. Some went to groceries. Some went to debt. And some went to the things they actually wanted.

Rich got his hunting budget. Penny got her budget for the things she cared about. And they didn't fight anymore because they'd already decided together where the money was going.

A budget isn't restriction. It's permission. It's a plan that lets you spend without guilt because you already know the money is there for that purpose.

The Household Snapshot makes this so much easier because you can see everything in one place. Your income, your expenses, your debt, your goals. It all connects so you're not guessing anymore.

If your partner thinks budgets are the enemy, maybe they just haven't seen what a budget actually does. It doesn't take away freedom... it creates it!

Grab the Household Snapshot at the link in my bio and show them what planning actually looks like.

03/19/2026

We paid every bill on time. Every single one. The mortgage, the car payment, the credit cards, the utilities. Never missed a due date. We had food on the table and the kids had what they needed for school. From the outside, we looked like we had it together.

But here's what nobody saw: at the end of every month, the money was just gone. All of it. We'd make $65,000 a year and have nothing to show for it. No savings. No cushion. No plan for what came next.

I remember Rick and I would look at each other on the 28th or 29th of the month and just know. We'd made it through another month, but barely. And we'd do it all over again next month.

We weren't buying luxury things. We weren't taking vacations or eating at fancy restaurants. We were just living. Paying for life. But without tracking where it went, we had no idea why we never got ahead!

The thing is, we weren't irresponsible. We worked hard and we cared about our family. We wanted to do better. We just didn't have a system to see what was actually happening with our money.

When I finally sat down and built the Household Snapshot, I could see it all for the first time. Every dollar that came in. Every dollar that went out. Where it went. WHY it went there annd what was left.

That's when everything shifted. Not because we suddenly had more money, but because we finally had awareness. And awareness is where change starts.

If you feel like you're making decent money but never getting ahead, the problem might not be your income. It might be that you can't see where it's actually going!

Comment SNAPSHOT and I'll send you the free tracker that showed me exactly where we were bleeding money every month.

12/27/2025

January 15th, payday. Account goes up $3,500. We feel good.

January 20th, account is at $247. We feel confused.

This used to baffle me. Good income. Gone in days.

Rent, daycare, utilities, loan payments, groceries, gas. Everything that has to get paid whether you want to or not.

Problem wasn't income. Problem was no plan for where it was going.

The Annual Budget Forecast tab shows exactly what happens every month. Income in, expenses out, month by month for the whole year.

Takes away surprise. You know what's coming. You know what you'll have left. You can plan around it.

Payday doesn't mean you have money to spend. It means you have money to allocate. Big difference.

Download the Household Snapshot at the link in my bio and see where your paychecks are really going every month.

12/25/2025

January 15th, payday. Account goes up $3,500. We feel good.

January 20th, account is at $247. We feel confused.

This used to baffle me. Good income. Gone in days.

Rent, daycare, utilities, loan payments, groceries, gas. Everything that has to get paid whether you want to or not.

Problem wasn't income. Problem was no plan for where it was going.

The Annual Budget Forecast tab shows exactly what happens every month. Income in, expenses out, month by month for the whole year.

Takes away surprise. You know what's coming. You know what you'll have left. You can plan around it.

Payday doesn't mean you have money to spend. It means you have money to allocate. Big difference.

Download the Household Snapshot at the link in my bio and see where your paychecks are really going every month.

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