Financial Adulting
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Financial Adulting

Everything You Need to Be a Financially Confident and Conscious Adult

Ashley Feinstein Gerstley
Wiley, 2022
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If managing your money feels overwhelming, it’s probably because no one ever taught you how, says financial coach Ashley Feinstein Gerstley. She shows you how to handle the essential tasks of “financial adulting” — managing debt, saving for retirement, investing, and more — and guides you through building a financial plan that aligns with your values and will support the life you want. Whether you’re just getting started or want to level up, this book gives you tools to become a confident, empowered financial adult.

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Don’t leave your financial life to chance: Educate yourself, take control, and make your money work for you.

Becoming a financial adult means taking control of your money in a thoughtful and informed way: understanding where it’s going, planning for the future, and making values-based decisions. Contrary to what many people assume, financial adulthood doesn’t automatically start when you get a job or move out of your parents’ house. Some are forced into early financial adulthood due to poverty, inequity, or family circumstances, but for many, it takes a personal catalyst — a job change, a new relationship, or financial hardship — to make them finally engage with their finances.

Ironically, in a world full of information, most educational systems don’t teach young people how to manage their finances. In addition, society makes it easy, even profitable, for some companies, such as debt collectors, to benefit from people’s financial mistakes. For many individuals, emotional baggage, the confusing jargon of finance, and a lack of trust in financial professionals only add to the challenge. Systemic barriers — wage gaps, racial injustice, financial discrimination...

About the Author

Ashley Feinstein Gerstley is a money coach and entrepreneur. She’s founder of The Fiscal Femme, a feminist money platform, and author of The 30-Day Money Cleanse.

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