Yes, the housing market is competitive and yes, inflation is real.

But do you ever wonder if, despite all the noise, if you're actually doing okay financially?

Well, here are six signs that you're doing better with money than you think you are.

Let me know in the comments if you agree and make sure to like,

subscribe, and share this episode with a friend. All right, let's jump in. Sign number one,

that you're doing better with money than you think you are. You have more than $400 saved. So

here's what's crazy. A few years ago in 2022, data found that only 63% of Americans said that they would be able to afford a $400

emergency with cash or savings.

And that wild, you guys, so like 37% of Americans could not cover a $400 emergency.

So if you have more than $400 in the bank, you're doing great.

And if you have $1,000 saved, which is baby step one,

you are doing incredible. So, either that's a great sign for you or you're like, oh, crap,

I need to get some money saved. If so, get to it. All right, sign number two, you can cash flow

your monthly expenses. So for a lot of people, they are living in this paycheck to paycheck

cycle, meaning like they may be covering everything, but they have to wait for that next paycheck

for sure because they don't have savings. Like we just talked about, they have nothing. And if that paycheck

doesn't come in, things are not able to be paid. And so if you have some margin and some buffer,

then it is incredible when you're able to pay for those expenses, have some extra breathing room and some margin, and even carry it

over to the next month if you need to. But having that margin is fantastic, so you're not on this

like really tight paycheck to paycheck living or even worse if you're having to go into debt just to cover your basics.

Now, if you need help organizing all of this, a monthly budget is incredible, and every dollar

is my favorite budgeting app. I'll leave a link down below. Make sure to check it out.

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