Lynn MacNeil Financial-Planner

Redefining “Cheap”: How to embrace Frugality

Managing Your Money I was recently chatting with a client when she referred to herself, sheepishly, as “cheap”. Now to put this in context, she has been a client for over twenty years, so I know her quite we...
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Does Money Buy Happiness?

Managing Your Money When people are asked what kind of things they think will make them happy or have a successful life, many answer with things to do with money. A good job, a high salary, a nice house, a b...
Lynn MacNeil Financial-Planner

Why Rock the Boat?

Managing Your Money Why Rock the Boat? I remember an occasion years ago when a lady I had recently met with was facing a very delicate situation. She was about to have a very difficult conversation with her l...
Lynn MacNeil Financial-Planner

Redefining Retirement – Creating a Part II

Managing Your Money I recently congratulated long-time clients on successfully achieving “retirement”.  I put retirement in quotations marks because retirement is being redefined these days, as their situati...