You survived Aqua Net, dial-up internet, low-rise jeans, and dating before you could Google someone. You can handle your financial future.
If the words “personal finance” immediately make you picture a 400-page book explaining compound interest….
You Can Go Your Own Way is a practical, funny, and occasionally nostalgic look at the financial decisions single Gen X women face in midlife.
But we’re also talking about your career. Your kids. Your relationships. Your house. Your retirement. Your independence. Your aging parents. Your own aging body. And that increasingly persistent voice asking:
Throughout the book, we’ll tackle some of the decisions that suddenly feel a lot more important than they did when we were 27.
Earn more and advocate for yourself without apologizing for it.
Figure out whether a career change is actually possible.
Prepare for retirement without assuming you have to stop enjoying your life now.
Help your adult kids without accidentally becoming their personal ATM.
Think about insurance and long-term care as tools for maintaining independence.
Navigate money and relationships while protecting the financial life you’ve already built.
Make plans for aging when you don’t necessarily have a spouse automatically filling the traditional caregiver role.
Decide what “enough” looks like for you.
You're a Gen X woman who has started noticing that retirement is no longer some theoretical event happening in the year 2097.
You have a career, some savings, a collection of retirement accounts you vaguely understand, and approximately 47 financial decisions you've been meaning to deal with.
Liz Windisch, CFP® knows firsthand that being a single Gen X woman comes with a particular set of financial questions—and that most traditional financial advice wasn’t exactly written with this life in mind.
So, she wrote the book she wanted women like her to have.
If you grew up learning life lessons from John Hughes movies, mixtapes, mall culture, and women on TV who seemed to have things surprisingly figured out, you’ll feel right at home here.
Different decade. Bigger decisions. Same generation that learned to figure things out as we went.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
You don’t need a perfect financial plan.
And you definitely don’t need to become the kind of person who gets excited about reading an insurance policy.
You just need to understand your choices well enough to start making them intentionally.
When it comes to your career, your money, your relationships, and your retirement…you CAN go your own way.
Navigating finances in your 40s and 50s doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this eBook, learn to choose the right financial advisor, make smart insurance decisions, give wisely to charities, and more!
Download Money & Menopause now to get the tools and insights you need.
