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How to Become a Financial New You

January 6, 2018 By: Anita

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This post was sponsored, and paid for, by SunTrust. All opinions are my own.

Money can be a tough subject for some people. A lot of people live paycheck to paycheck. Others have disasters or unfortunate events befall them (family death, divorce, natural disaster, etc.), some go through a time of incurring additional expenses (marriage, baby, remodel), or others may unfortunately become limited in their earning capacity (injury, illness, etc.). Some are doing great but would like to know how to do better. Ultimately, we all can improve—including me.

I just recently purchased a home and remodeled it. If that isn’t a major cost, I don’t know what is. I’ve tried to be very frugal throughout the remodel—doing much of the work myself. I’ve searched on classifieds for supplies that cost less than buying them new. I’ve used lots of coupons. I have bought used tools and ‘jimmy-rigged’ things I had around the house instead of buying new. I have found ways to get things done for less. When we couldn’t do a job ourselves I had multiple bids done and saved a lot that way. I’ve worked very hard daily for months now. Now that the remodel is finally coming to a close, I want to reassess my financial situation and get back into a normal day-to-day living and spending routine.

In order to get myself back in the saddle, I’ve decided to take the SunTrust onUp Challenge. 

How to Become a Financial New You

I really like the onUp Challenge course. I started sharing with you about SunTrust’s onUp Movement when it launched in 2016. Now as part of their Movement, SunTrust has launched the onUp Challenge, a fun and interactive experience to provide us all with actionable steps to achieve financial confidence. Whether you’re focused on creating a budget, buying a home or saving for retirement, the onUp Challenge can help you do all of those things.

I have actually worked the program and have learned/re-learned a lot. There are seven lands within The onUp Challenge. I got to explore these different lands. I learned about a lot of different investment and retirement options and used a free calculator when I visited ‘Wealth Waterfall’. My visit to Risky River reminded me of the importance of having insurance (I’m so blessed to have it) and to create an Estate Plan.

At the onUp Challenge Home Buying Hollow land I learned a lot about renovations. Although, we are finishing ours up, I learned a lot. I’m glad that I have followed a lot of tips they mention, but ultimately gained a lot from my visit to Home Buying Hollow.

The course is fun. The onUp Challenge does a wonderful job of making monitoring, and managing money straightforward and fun. I really like this course they put together—oh and did I mention that it is free? So far, many people have taken a step toward financial confidence by participating in the onUp Movement.

I began taking it and really have enjoyed the ease of understanding the information. It’s helping me get into gear for the New Year. I’m becoming a financial ‘new me’. This is something I really need to buckle down and do especially because the renovation and Christmas were very expensive and are now complete.

The New Year is an awesome time to recommit to making good financial decisions. After checking out the onUp Challenge I’m re-committing to doing better financially, you can too.

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  1. Brenda Augustus-Spencer says

    January 10, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    What is the Sun Trust Challenge. Definitely interested in Becoming a Financial New You (Me). Interested in more information.
    Kind Regards,
    Brenda.

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    • Anita Fowler says

      January 11, 2018 at 2:28 am

      Its a financial course that is free. Click on the link and it will take you there. Thanks!

      Reply
  2. Charles Dodgson says

    March 13, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    Thank you for sharing this information with us. You know how much I did not try to become financially independent and control my money, I always failed. I’m more than confident that I’m not the only one. But all the methods that usually offer, like records of expenses in a diary, constantly postpone part of the earnings to the account, they do not help me. Sooner or later the moment comes when I need money, or I just want to spend it! Last month, I took all the money saved for three months and traveled to Europe. Of course this is a good alternative to spending money is not it? 🙂 But after all, I set myself for the goal of collecting for a new car, which has now become even farther away from me. I sometimes think that some people are not created to plan their finances for the future, such as me: (

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  3. John Clair says

    April 6, 2018 at 6:30 am

    Nice post.

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  4. Susan Writer says

    June 20, 2018 at 12:55 pm

    Managing my budget is the hardest thing ever for me. I’ve tried lots of ways the one of which was installing a special Android app that should have helped people to manage money and to follow all the incomes and outcomes. At first, it was working nice, but then I’ve just tossed it far away. I believe this program you suggest may help such people as I.

    Reply

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