Adulting 101: A Guide to Personal Finance

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Adulting 101: A Guide to Personal Finance

Published on Feb 24, 2020

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With over 40 years of industry experience, Steve Mayer takes subjects like reading a paycheck, or doing your own taxes and explains them in an easy-to-read format that young adults can relate to. Personal finance isn’t taught in school, and students are graduating without the basic fundamentals of how to run their lives from an accounting perspective. The goal of this book is to ensure that teens moving toward adulthood have the basic skills they need to make good decisions regarding their personal finances. This book is provided to young adults free of charge through donations to The 5 Bucket 4 Shovels Foundation, whose mission it is to fund financial literacy for young adults. Through the sale of our other two books, 5 Buckets, 4 Shovels, a Beach and a Map, and The Toughest Guy I Ever Knew and Other Short Stories, both available through Amazon.com, all profits go directly to the foundation to fund the mission. We also receive donations directly through our relationships with our corporate sponsors.

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Adulting 101: A Guide to Personal Finance

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The Shovels Working Together

Introducing the Buckets, Shovels, Beach and Map

Making a Good Impression

Various Kinds of Insurance and How to Get Them

Retirement Accounts

Reading a Financial Statement

Stock Market Basics

Part Two: Something for Everyone

The Basics of Doing Taxes

How To Talk To My Parents About Finances

Getting a Car Loan

The Importance of Saving

Introduction to Adulting

Understanding Your Paycheck

What Is Credit and What Building Credit Means For Your Future

Creating a Personal Budget

Using Student Loans

Part One: What You Should Know About Personal Finance