FAFSA changes timeline revised
I mentioned in my article on How much will it cost for my child to go to college? Part 3 – How much do colleges think you can pay? that there were changes coming for the 2023-2024 academic award year courtesy of the FAFSA Simplification Act (signed into law December…
On Retirement Daily – Understanding Your Work Benefits
You can find Tina’s next article with Retirement Daily published today, “Understanding Your Work Benefits“.
On Retirement Daily – Understanding Your Non-Profit or Governmental Work Benefits
You can find Tina’s next article with Retirement Daily published yesterday, “Understanding Your Non-Profit or Governmental Work Benefits“.
On Budgets Made Easy – Introduction To Taxes
Tina Wood-Wentz wrote an Introduction To Taxes guest article for financial coach Ashley Patrick’s Budgets Made Easy. Ashley’s coaching goal of making budgeting easy and helping you pay off debt aligns well with Tina’s goals of helping anyone who doesn’t understand the daily ins and outs with money to know…
On Retirement Daily – Benefits Implications When You Start a New Job
You can find Tina’s next article with Retirement Daily published today, “Benefits Implications When You Start a New Job“.
Are you procrastinating? Are your days just that full? And in the end, does it matter which it is?
We have one of those oversized rural yards that needs a lot of work, every spring and every fall. Whether it’s pulling buckthorn, weeing and planting the garden, raking leaves, cleaning gutters, or any one of the multitude of the dozens of spring and fall chores we have, those two…
Adding books to my reading list – teaching children about money
Have you ever had one of those days when, as the day goes on, you feel like the world isn’t just trying to nudge you, it’s trying to hit you over the head with a frying pan to get you to pay attention to something? I started by spending a…
Understanding Your Paycheck Stub
This article was originally published in, and has been reprinted with permission from, Retirement Daily. What does your pay stub tell you, and how can you better optimize your financial situation based on it? Financial educator and paraplanner Tina Wood-Wentz explains how to use this tool to your benefit. By…
Why should we care about diversity in financial planning?
I attended a (non-financial planning) diversity presentation recently. It included a statement that for those who feel like they don’t fit in, they feel like they don’t fit in on an average of 6 different dimensions! That’s a lot of ways to feel isolated. Now, I read about 3 financial…
Why should I get help with college shopping?
I’m a strong DIY’er. We don’t hire out our lawn mowing, or our house cleaning, our brush work, and we like to garden and hang clothes on the line. I like to put in elbow grease, understand something inside and out, and feel competent. But there are times when I…