I Will Not Be A Statistic!
“Coffee is one hand. Confidence in the other.”
“I will not be a statistic!”, I told myself as I was going through my divorce ‘journey’.
The stats are pretty grim and haven’t gotten much better in the past 20 years. Here are just a few:
Women’s finances decrease 41% after divorce - more than twice as much as men’s after divorce
Mothers, on average, are paid 74 cents to every dollar paid to fathers
59% of women live paycheck to paycheck compared to 41% of men
57% of women don’t have an emergency fund
50% of women ages 55-66 have no personal retirement savings
Women outlive men on average, yet only 28% of divorcing women prioritize saving for retirement
“Supporting Family” ranked first as an immediate financial priority for women and second to last for men
70% of divorced women and widows said they’d experienced a financial surprise like secret accounts after their marriages ended
Women hold only 32% of the world’s wealth even though women make up 50% of the population
Geez… the odds were really stacked against me. Those of you who know my back story and my Oprah moment, know it was no picnic… but I did make it. I made it, but not without setbacks and stumbles, worry, fear, stress, and sleepless nights.
That’s why I’m so passionate about women mastering their money and helping them to not make the same mistakes I made. I didn’t even have a credit card in my own name when I got divorced!
- What would be different if you didn’t have to worry about money?
- What would change in your life?
- How would you do things differently?
- Are you ready to Master Your Money?
Live Your Light!
-Janet
PS: Here are a few tools to help you understand why you do what you do around money and begin making shifts from being a Statistic to being Superb!
- The Money Personality Quiz (FREE) will reveal your self-sabotage habits, money blocks, and your money strengths - Yeah!! 8-10 minutes tops and fun!!
- Join Us… the Money Mavens! In the Master Your Money Course and Community.
“Give a woman a dollar, and she can put it to good use.
Teach her about how money really works, and she can change the world.”
- Linda Davis Taylor