Welcome to your Youth Corner
The earlier you understand how money really works, the more options you create for yourself later on.
Youth Corner is for teens and young adults who want to build strong financial habits, ask better questions, and understand the fundamentals before they need them. No jargon — just practical ideas and real-world thinking to help you get started with confidence.
New Youth Corner articles published every Tuesday.
Why Feeling Behind Is Normal (And What It Means for Your Money, Investing, and Financial Plan)
One of the most common things I hear from people (especially young adults) when they first sit down with me is some version of this: “I feel behind.” Behind financially. Behind in their career. Behind compared to friends, colleagues, or people they went to school with. Sometimes they don’t say those exact words, but the feeling is there. After more than thirty years working in financial planning, I’ve learned that this feeling is incredibly common. And most of the time, it has far more to do with comparison and expectations than with someone’s actual financial situation. Usually, when people say they feel…
A calm guide who takes you seriously—and remembers what it felt like not to know yet.
If you’re reading this because you feel uncertain about money, work, or what you’re supposed to have figured out by now, let’s start here: That feeling is normal—far more normal than most people admit. Early adulthood comes with a lot of quiet pressure. Pressure to know what you’re doing, to move quickly, to make the “right” decisions before it’s too late. What often gets missed is that very little is actually explained clearly at this stage, and almost nothing comes with context. That’s why this corner exists. What This Space Is Meant to Be The Youth Corner is a place to slow…