Commentary
The state of the economy, and our country as we know it, is crazy at the moment. But I don’t want you to live in fear. I want you to take a deep breath, and know that you can control your financial future. Here are three things you should do with your money right now.
1. Write down your financial goals
I recently read about a Harvard study on written goals. They asked students if they had set clear, written goals for their future and made plans to accomplish them. Only 3 percent of them had written down their goals and plans. Thirteen percent had goals, but hadn’t written them down. And 84 percent of respondents didn’t have any goals at all.