We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.

Tax time is the perfect opportunity to jumpstart your spring-cleaning by tackling your financial to-do list.

I go to bed at 2 a.m. and get up at 7 a.m. -- I've never been a sleeper. But I definitely get sick every month-and-a-half.

A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.

If you fail to pay your minimums for any debt on time, your credit score will take a major hit and you run the risk of seeing the interest rate on all of your cards go up. An easy way to remind yourself to pay, is to sign up to receive your statements via e-mail.

The most common reason new mothers return to work sooner than they'd like to is because they can't afford to go without their salaries any longer.

The best advice that I can offer is that being proactive and a careful planner is key. Think about the major things that could shake up your financial life, and I'll bet there are some great ways to protect yourself.

Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.

We're providing planning to a huge audience who's never had access to financial planners before. This was always my plan for LearnVest. It was in my very first pitch deck.

Even if you feel like your debt is just never going to go away, think long and hard before declaring bankruptcy. Declaring bankruptcy means that getting a loan for anything will be next to impossible for the next 10 years.

Bring your kids along next time you go to the grocery store and ask them to help find the price per unit for the general grocery items. By comparing brands and looking for the best prices, kids will get in the habit of looking for deals and understand the value of the dollar.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

It's important to have a really clear strategy so when you are in business, you only have to make micro-strategy changes.

Since the beginning of LearnVest, I've never left the office for food.

My ultimate goal is to create operating systems for myself that allow me to think as little as possible about the silly decisions you can make all day long -- like what to eat or where we should meet -- so I can focus on making real decisions.

Personally, I am obsessed with my mom, and I would do literally anything for her.

The best advice that I can offer is that being proactive and a careful planner is key. Think about the major things that could shake up your financial life, and Ill bet there are some great ways to protect yourself.

Without any formal personal finance education or trustworthy resources to tell them otherwise, the majority of people in the 18-to-24-year-old age bracket do not know how to use credit effectively, tackle debt or make wise decisions when it comes to spending.

This isn't like cancer, where we don't know the solution. Financial planning is math. We have the answers, yet it's this huge cause of stress.

I go to bed at 2 A.M. and get up at 7 A.M. -- I've never been a sleeper. But I definitely get sick every month-and-a-half.