How to Build a Personal Finance System That Actually Works (Start With Goals)

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I've been financially blind since January 2024 💀 It feels stressful not knowing where my money is going, so I'm doing something about it. In this new series, I'm rebuilding my entire personal finance system from scratch, and I want you to build yours with me! ✨

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This is episode 1! In this video, I'm explaining why I'm doing this major finance reset and why the most important thing to do is to start with GOALS. A lot of people jump straight into budgeting apps or copying someone else's spreadsheet, pero that usually doesn't work! With all the information available online and lots of people giving you financial advice (sometimes unsolicited), it can be difficult to figure out how to get started with building a system or even to make any financial decision. You won't be able to build an effective system if you don't know what you're building it FOR 🎯

I'll walk you through my 3-part framework for accomplishing financial goals. This isn't just about money. It's also how I approach building any system in my life, whether that's finances or fitness. We'll do a goal-setting exercise together so that by the end of this video, you'll have a clear list of financial goals that will guide everything we build in the next episodes 📝😎

By the end of this series, I want both you and me to have successfully built a complete money management system that actually fits OUR lives.

This is an in-depth series based on my actual process of rebuilding my system after 2 years of not tracking. I'm being 100% honest about what broke, what I'm changing, and why goals need to come first 🎯

Let's start this journey together! 🍞

‣ 📊💰 How to Build a Finance System That Works (Full Series): • 📊💰 How to Build a Finance System That Work...
‣ 🤑 Learn FINANCE from scratch for beginners: • 💰 Finance from Scratch | Learn Personal Fi...

If you want to work with me, help me, or collaborate with me in making this series the best it can be, reach out to me through email! I'd love to explore potential ways we can work together 🍞

📩 Email: [email protected]

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🕰TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 INTRO: What is this video about?
02:05 Outline
02:33 What is a FINANCE SYSTEM? Why do you need it?
03:38 WHY do you need a FINANCE RESET?
04:24 You CANNOT build a system without a GOAL
07:22 HOW do you set a goal? You need 3 things: baseline, goal, system to bridge the gap
08:01 Simplified example of a FINANCE SYSTEM
08:09 EXERCISE: Let's make finance goals together!
08:13 STEP 1: What are your financial goals? (answer these questions)
08:47 STEP 2: Make your goals SPECIFIC & QUANTIFIABLE
09:05 STEP 3: Identify your IDEAL Timeline + REALISTIC Timeline for each goal
09:23 STEP 4: WHY is this goal IMPORTANT?
09:45 Problems of my OLD SYSTEM (review yours too - what's not working?)

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