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Thursday’s need-to-know money news

October 7, 2021 By Liz Weston

Today’s top story: How gratitude can help your financial life. Also in the news: What’s being fixed with student loan forgiveness, a new Smart Money podcast deep dive on investing strategies, and what happens when you’re too sick to pay your credit card bills.

How Gratitude Can Help Your Financial Life
Taking stock of what you have.

Student Loan Forgiveness: What’s Getting Fixed?
Public service loan forgiveness is being repaired.

Smart Money Podcast: Nerdy Deep Dives: Investing, Part 3
Exploring investment strategies.

I Was in a Coma and Couldn’t Pay My Credit Card Bills
After a medical emergency, your card issuer may be able to make accommodations to lessen the financial strain.

Filed Under: Liz's Blog Tagged With: credit card bills, Credit Score, gratitude, illness, Investing, investment strategies, public service student loan forgiveness, Smart Money podcast, spending

How gratitude can help your financial life

October 5, 2021 By Liz Weston

Gratitude makes us more aware of the sources of joy, wonder and hope in our lives. Being grateful also can improve health, strengthen relationships and help us manage our money.

Developing gratitude requires us to focus on what we have rather than on what we lack, says Meghaan Lurtz, a senior research associate with financial planning site Kitces.com and past president of the Financial Therapy Association. In my latest for the Associated Press, how thankfulness can curb your impulses.

Filed Under: Liz's Blog Tagged With: financial impulses, gratitude, shopping habits

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