This woman used to get on my last nerves.
I used to pass her show on TV and would switch right away. I thought "Yeah, I know!! Stop buying stuff I don't need and save more of my income", "Duh, I knew that already", "Thanks for rubbing it in that I could have been a millionaire by now, if i'd paid attention to you earlier"......Well you get the picture. I might be exagerating on that last bit there. But NOW...after i actually gave her show a full shot, I love love this woman. I love how she tells it like it is and tells your broke behind "You can't afford it!"
I always had the misconception that she only catered to uppper middle class people and that her advice would never do me any good. Well the truth is most of her advice IS over my head, but I do find her show extremely entertaining and it kind of makes me feel better about my finances when i hear other people having the same issues. You mean i'm not the only dork not saving half her paycheck??
I will save the intricate details of investing in all those wonderful accounts she talks about for after my first goal of purchasing a home. At this point, i'm happy with my ING account and an actual piggy bank for my savings needs.
Resolution for tommorrow: Raise my automated ING bi-monthly savings transer by at least $50.
Suze Orman
March 15th, 2007 at 07:27 am
March 15th, 2007 at 04:50 pm 1173977436
My husband actually picked up one of her books for me last weekend, his intention was to put it up on Ebay - it was a 35 cent book he found at the thrift store, but I wanted to read it first.
I actually saw her on a morning show last Friday or so promoting her new book which I was all in to; I actually even went to the site she mentioned and signed up for that TD account... which I haven't deposited to yet, I'm holding off for now...
Anyway, I agree wholeheartedly with being happy with the bit that I'm doing now, baby steps, right??
March 15th, 2007 at 05:02 pm 1173978161