In this episode, we are talking about how we decided where to go to college. How big a role did finances play in our decision process at 17, and advice for anyone making that decision today.

Welcome to Earnest Money, where we get personal about personal finance. As always, we are your hosts, Carolyn Pairitz Morris, and I'm Maroun Najjar. In this episode, we are talking about buying a car. How did we approach this big purchase the first time compared to now, and what have we learned since that first purchase.

Today Carolyn is joined by Madison, a member of our Client Happiness team at Earnest and mother of her amazing 18 month old daughter. In this episode we are talking about the cost of having a child, from finding out you are expecting, to hospital fees, to the cost of care for the first few months.

In this episode, we talk about how to trick your brain into getting excited about spending less and saving more.

In this episode, we talk about college minors, if we got one ourselves, what we minored in, why, and if it’s ever helped in our careers.

In this episode, we talk about how to start thinking about your long-term savings, the questions we had when starting a retirement account, and how to juggle saving when you still have debt.

Today we are talking about our financial regrets, what we wish we could go back and redo, and how to avoid getting stuck in past decisions.

In this episode, we are talking about credit cards and how this little piece of plastic can play a major role in our financial system. How old were we when we got our first cards, what is our approach to credit spending, and any advice for those opening a first or new card.

Today we are talking about the financial mistakes we made our freshman year. How costly were they, and what we could have done differently in hindsight.

Even though we aren’t going anywhere fast this summer, we are still dreaming about our future travel plans, and how to budget for them. Today we are discussing how we spend when traveling, and budgeting tips for travelers.