Washington Area Women's Foundation

#our100days Day 50

Income vs Assets

Financial security comes from income, savings, and assets that allow a family to create a safety net to absorb short-term shocks and to turn long-term dreams into reality. While having a steady income is important to moving women out of poverty, assets help women build financial security and open new doors to opportunity. For more information about financial independence, click here.

Here’s what we’re doing today:

Get your finances together! Take a lesson from these female finance experts by reading Manisha Thakor’s On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance or Michelle Singletary’s The 21-Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom and by following Tiffany Aliche aka @TheBudgetnista on Twitter.

Sample Tweets:

I’m taking the first step in achieving financial security by reading On My Own Two Feet by @ManishaThakor  #our100days

When I need financial advice, I look to ____________. Who is your go-to finance guru? #our100days

I’m about to get my finances together by reading The 21-Day Financial Fast by @SingletaryM #our100days

Excited to start following @TheBudgetnista for some great financial tips & to live richer! #our100days