Book Review: The 60-Minute Money Workout by Ellie Kay

Finances can be fun!  I know a lot of people don't agree with that statement, but the author of this book shows that it is true.  If you are struggling with issues like budgeting, planning for retirement, debt, travel costs, saving for college, starting a home-based business, charitable giving and just communication with your spouse about money, then this might be the book for you.

Ellie Kay uses humor and bite-sized assessments and tasks to help you get your personal finances in order.  She emphasizes spending only an hour at a time on the various topics so that you don't get overwhelmed.  Money personality assessments are included to help you figure out why you act like you do with your money.  I enjoy the sense of humor blended in with these topics which can be heavy and stressful to think about or discuss.  A favorite amusing line from the book is when the author relates telling her daughter, "Badly done, Bethany!  Badly done." in chiding her for a bad decision (if you don't recognize this, it's from Jane Austen's "Emma" and it made me laugh out loud).

To summarize, this is the book for you if you want to figure out how your finances got to be in the condition they are, how to talk to other family members about those finances, and how to "fix" those issues which have been plaguing you.

I was given a copy of this book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah Press in exchange for an honest review.

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