Books for Budgeting Your Way to Financial Freedom
Books build knowledge, knowledge builds power, and power defeats your money enemy. Having power over your finances is the goal when you face large amounts of debt and cannot see release from credit cards and loans. To grow your understanding of budgeting and personal finances, a great resource are tried and true books. From viewing […]
Budget On The Go: Top Apps for Managing Your Finances
Budgeting without a visual component makes setting goals unrealistic. When you can’t see what’s coming and going from your account, then you cannot create a plan to become financially stable. With mobile banking, we already have the ease of real-time access to our accounts. However, if you’re not tracking your purchases (and those sneaky subscriptions), […]
5 Savings Challenges to Eliminate Debt in 2019
Every year, families set goals to save more and/or pay off debt. However, they never see their accounts grow or debts decrease. Money management has become a common issue as credit cards are economically “necessary” and the rising cost of higher education places millennials in historical amounts of debt before entering the workforce – and […]
Eating Healthy When You Don’t Like to Eat Healthy
Changing what you eat is difficult for many reasons. You’re trying new foods (often one’s you’ve never heard of, thought about, or cared to buy) and you find all the healthy foods are ones you just don’t like. And if we’re honest, no one really likes cauliflower – even in the form of pizza. But as […]
Building Your 2019 Business Budget
In the last month of the year, you probably have a few ideas for 2019 – be it expanding your business, releasing a product, or landing a new partnership. Whatever your goals for 2019 are, I’m sure you’ve been in the process of thinking and preparing, but have you established a plan? Tara Storozynsky’s blog […]
Maintaining a Work-Life Balance During Christmas
Life is just busy right now. You’re planning Christmas activities around your side of the family and your spouse’s family, then there are friends and coworkers, and it’s about time someone either invented an invisibility cloak or time machine. Unfortunately, these objects don’t exist so we’re forced to live like mere mortals and instill boundaries […]
Tips for Staying Focused During the Holidays
Do you feel like you’re forgetting something? Maybe it was an ingredient in the dish you just brought to the office Christmas party or you’re not sure you put the correct name on a gift at home. Or maybe it’s just the holiday season tapping on your shoulder, distracting you from the responsibilities of work. […]
Change Your Scenery: 5 Places to Meet in Lawrenceville
We know you love working at Cornerstone and using our space to allow your creative juices to flow, but sometimes you need to step away and have a change of scenery. Whether it’s for lunch or simply gathering in a new space, we don’t mind you stepping away every once in a while – as […]
What Serving Others Teaches You
We learned in “The Science Behind Giving Back,” how our brains react to doing good works. Our pleasure switch is flipped when we see how appreciative another person is for the work we’ve done – any people pleasers relate? Although our natural reaction to serving others is great, we cannot rely on this as our […]
Making Time to Give Back: Why it’s Important for You and Your Community
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#75bfea” class=”” size=””]“Volunteering in all shapes and forms strengthens our communities, brings people together and provides us with valuable experience and insight.”[/perfectpullquote] Have you ever sat down and thought about the impact you have through donating some food to a local food bank or even buying diapers for foster moms […]