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Meet Sarah, a young professional who started her journey with significant student loan debt and minimal savings. Determined to take control of her finances, she embarked on a journey of financial discipline and strategic planning.

The psychology of money refers to the study of how people's attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors are influenced by money and financial matters. It explores the complex relationship individuals have with money and how it impacts their decision-making, financial well-being, and overall satisfaction in life.

Mint is a popular budgeting app that helps you to track your spending, create a budget, and manage your finances.

Credit management refers to the process of managing your credit usage and payments in order to maintain a good credit score. Your credit score is a numerical representation of your creditworthiness and is used by lenders to determine whether or not to approve you for credit and at what interest rate. Your credit score is also used in other ways as well, and it's important for you to be aware of how else your credit score may be used so that you can always be in the driver's seat when it comes to personal finance.

Receiving a large raise in income can be an exciting and empowering experience. It can open up new opportunities for financial stability, security, and growth. However, it can also be overwhelming and even stressful, especially if you're not sure how to manage your newfound wealth.

Setting up automatic transfers from your checking account to your savings account can help you to save money without even thinking about it.

Remember, retirement is a time to enjoy the fruits of your labor, but it's important to be financially responsible to ensure that your retirement is comfortable and stress-free.

What's unique about discussing personal finance as it relates to families is that you will be in a position to not only improve finances as a married couple, but you'll also be able to teach your kids about money at the same time.

As a young professional, it's important to start thinking about your personal finances early on to set yourself up for a financially stable future.

Over the next few weeks, I'll be talking about personal finance as it relates to different stages. It will go in order of youngest to oldest ages, so on today's episode, the focus is on personal finance for students. If you aren't a student but know of a student or another young person who could benefit from this particular episode, please be sure to share it on social media, e-mail, text message, or any other medium to get this information over to them.