How To Rebound From a Bad Financial Year
How To Rebound From a Bad Financial Year: 2020 Edition
Follow these steps to improve your financial health.
By Andrew Lisa January 20, 2021
Many Americans toasted the end of 2020 and woke up in 2021 realizing that while the end is in sight, we still have a long way to go to conquer the pandemic and right the economy. You may be one of millions of Americans who lost their jobs, closed a business, faced unexpected expenses or experienced some other major loss due to COVID-19. The first thing to know is this: You are not alone.
Even more comforting, you still have the power to achieve financial freedom despite the setbacks of last year. With a little effort, you can shore up your budget, reduce your expenses and manage your financial recovery. The following short list of actions you can take right now will help you improve your financial health this year.
Listen To the Experts
One of the easiest steps to take costs nothing but time and could save you a lot of money in the long run: Take advice from people who know what they’re talking about. Personal finance podcasts like “Afford Anything,” “Women & Money,” “Brown Ambition” and “Future Rich” put some of the world’s foremost experts on the subject within your reach — and it costs nothing to listen. Likewise for YouTube channels like “Wealth Hacker” and “BeatTheBush” — and those are just a few.
Do some research, ask your Facebook friends what they like and subscribe to a few shows. Make your time pay by spending it listening to experts who specialize in solving the exact kinds of problems you’re experiencing.
Confront the Reality
It’s natural for people who are behind on their finances to block it all out because it feels too overwhelming to deal with — natural, but unhelpful. Only by staring the beast in the eye can you begin to create a strategy on how to defeat it.
Consider an app like Mint, which unifies your entire financial life under one site. That includes your income, credit cards, subscriptions, bank accounts, loans, investments, retirement accounts and all the rest. You’ll get a clear picture of what’s coming in, what’s going out, which debts are most dire, which expenses are costing you the most and what changes need to be made. Conquering the crucial psychological barrier of confronting the situation is the first step to changing it.
Consider a Personal Loan
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