Comments on: Are You Financially Healthy? The 5 Stages

By: J.B.

J.B. — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:16:35 +0000

Great Post with Good Diagrams to Boot! We see a bunch of folks who have gotten themselves stuck in stage 1 and have filed for bankruptcy. Like you, we’d love to see people make it up to the other stages. But, if you’ve ever been at stage 1 and possibly 2, you might want to consider looking at your credit record and get those dings removed.

By: Anand Bhairat

Anand Bhairat — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:54:03 +0000

This is a great summary various stages.

I like the pictures and think and that more and more people will get to stage 5.

Does any one know what percentage of people reach stage 5?

I think I have reached stage 5.

Anand Bhairat
Director, Way2Goals Software India Private Limited

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:38:17 +0000

i’m currently in stage 4 but i think it’ll be a long long long time before i can make it to stage 5

By: Alisa

Alisa — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:35:07 +0000

This is great. I really like the part of automating saving and investing. David Bach has a great book called the "Automatic Millionaire" that gives sound advice on this. Although I have just started my investment journey in hopes of gaining financial health, I am finding that it is a slow process and that you just have to stick with your goals... no matter what! I really like your diagram... thank you for sharing it!

By: BizBlogged

BizBlogged — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:35:36 +0000

Excellent illustration.. I accept your ideas. Living debt-free is one of the greatest things to be financially healthy. Plan everything and if execute accordingly will enable us as financially healthy people.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:09:30 +0000

Smart article! I’m currently in Stage 2, but will be moving into Stage 3 by the end of the year.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:02:59 +0000

Wow. Great post. Staying healthy physically is also insurance for your wallet. Your tips are awesome and following them will definitely lead to a more financial security.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:24:07 +0000

@getagrip — Thank you for your ideas. The reason I still have debt in the last stage is because I think most people will have some form of debt no matter how small. This could be a few hundred dollars you pay to your credit card companies.

@Doctor S — Thank you.

@Dawn — And this is a good time to move into stage 3 (investing and saving) also. Hopefully, you’ll be able to retire some of your debts soon so that you can move forward.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:45:02 +0000

I liked this post a lot – the illustrations really helped some things click for me. I am teetering between stages 1 and 2 – trying to move firmly into 2 so I can work on getting to 3.

By: Doctor S

Doctor S — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:23:33 +0000

Wow these illustrations hit home with me. I really think that you could have had this post with just the illustrations and no narrative whatsoever! That is an amazing feat if you ask me! This is going in one of my posts of the week PINYO. You provide us with amazing content that adds value to us all!