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In our fast paced world, simple (sometimes the most important) things often tend to go unnoticed.  While visiting a local university today  it was hard to help but notice facial expressions and body language of students and faculty.  In such a diverse atmosphere as a college campus, it hit me.  Literally every person within sight showed (facial expressions and/or body language) one of two of the most common feelings nearly everyone experiences every single day.  We are a bored and busy society.

It’s tough to think of an area of life which isn’t related to personal finances at some level.  A big misconception is that financial health depends on circumstances.  This is simply not true.  Circumstances are the driving force of emotion based decisions and perspective provides a logical plan based on real priorities.  For a financially “unfit” person, circumstances drive every action.  For the financially “fit”, each action is calculated and thought out.  To be above average, above average actions must be taken.  It’s the “freedom to choose” which can be our biggest ally or worst enemy.  The most important battle is with the man or woman in the mirror and the biggest tragedy of life is to “almost win”.  Listed below are 13 reasons to get financially fit along with some links showing Oklahoma’s Statistics of sub par personal finance education:

Sometimes it seems there’s more effort put towards avoiding what we don’t want, instead of identifying what we do want.  We’ve become accustomed to putting all our hopes

The nationally famous “Cash For Clunkers” Program is now up and running.  My understanding of the program

This morning while pumping gas at a local 7 Eleven, I had a conversation with a nice older lady.  Fittingly enough our discussion was about my car.  She mentioned she was considering the purchase of the same car.  I was happy to answer all the typical questions about gas mileage, quality of ride, stereo, etc.  Being a Financial Fitness Coach I was naturally most excited to