Welcome To Making Money Prosper
At every stage in life, we all need a routine checkup for our financial health. That is why we’ve launched Making Money Prosper! This blog is dedicated to you, our PEFCU members. We’re here to help you live your best financial life by teaching you to successfully save, invest, and manage your money. Adulting can be hard–we get it! We want you to find success through all of life’s stages: like purchasing your first car, traveling the world, planning for retirement, and everything in between. At PEFCU, our goal is to educate you and your family about your personal finances…
Preventing Lifestyle Creep from Overtaking Your Finances
Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about how you will spend your next pay raise or bonus? Maybe you plan to make repairs on your home, begin saving for your child’s future college expenses, or want to eliminate high-interest credit card debt. However, before you know it, those funds are gone, and your goals remain incomplete. Where did all this new money go? It’s a phenomenon called lifestyle creep. We’re here to help you understand its causes and consequences and how to avoid it. What is Lifestyle Creep? Lifestyle creep, also known as lifestyle inflation, is when your general spending…
