Get Real About Your Money

Pop Quiz:

1. How much debt do you have?
2. At what interest rates?
3. Your total assets?
4. Net worth?

If you can't immediately answer these questions within a few hundred dollars, it's time to get real about your money.

Your financial life is a complex journey. Would you really start it without a map?

Buy Microsoft Money or Quicken (keep the receipt to write it off) and input your account info. If you are anything like I was when I first decided to get real, the truth of your current situation may be surprising or scary! But hiding from a bad situation does not make it go away.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. It's time to get real.