I’m not here to judge anyone for a lack of financial wisdom: shit, I’ve got miles to go myself. There were things I didn’t know about retirement planning until this year – that’s ten full wasted years from my first paycheck. I’ve missed out on large chunks of change simply by “living life” instead of putting individuals who knew better in place to assist me. I didn’t know any different: just some dumb kid from India that showed up and got lucky.
Yet now, knowing what I know – knowing that my peers have availed double-digit growth rates while I’ve been dragging my feet makes me wonder what else they know that I don’t. What do legacy systems afford you that the individual, especially a person who is in the midst of struggle, doesn’t have access to? Read More
At Nav.It, we have one goal: change the narrative around money to be inclusive, positive and practical. We can't do that without acknowledging the inequities plaguing members of our beautiful Community and also creating a plan to change it. That's why we're excited to present Courtney Blodgett's piece in honor of Latina Equal Pay Day - the day when Latina pay catches up to that of white, non-Hispanic men from the previous year. Read More