I visited with Craig Dacy – Financial Coach from www.craigdacy.com. Craig talked about being born and raised in Texas. He also discussed his 7 years in the classroom before he became a full-time financial coach.

• Craig said he thought some of biggest financial mistakes that teachers make are:
  • Spending in their classrooms and deciding between wants and needs.
• For new teachers, Craig’s advice was to plan ahead for that new paycheck and live like you are still in college and dump that extra money on your student loans.
• Craig said his parents were his positive influences with money and his dad always taught him to save for a rainy day.
• Some of Craig’s goals are:
  • Figure out how to reach people that can’t afford financial coaching.
  • Work with companies to assist employees with finances.
• Craig said budgeting is the blueprint or plan for finances.