My First Money Move

Paid membership

The 30-Day First Steps Challenge

One action a day, 10 to 20 minutes each. By day 30 you’ll have a working budget, a starter emergency fund, and, if you choose, your first investment.

What you’ll do

Week 1: Get clear

Days 1 to 7

  • Set your “why” and 30-day goal
  • Put every account on one page
  • Find your starting line (net worth, no judgment)
  • Track the last 30 days of spending
  • Find 3 bills or subscriptions to cut
  • Draft your first spending plan
  • Weekly review and check-in

Week 2: Build the safety net

Days 8 to 14

  • How emergency funds work; pick a starter target
  • Open or label a separate savings account
  • Set up an automatic transfer on payday
  • List all your debts
  • Learn avalanche vs. snowball and pick one
  • Set up autopay for every minimum
  • Weekly review and check-in

Week 3: Investing basics

Days 15 to 21

  • See compounding with your own numbers
  • Retirement accounts 101
  • Check your employer match
  • What index and target-date funds are
  • Write your own investing rules
  • How to compare brokerages
  • Weekly review and check-in

Week 4: Make the move

Days 22 to 30

  • Open an account, if you choose to
  • Make your first contribution, any amount
  • Automate monthly contributions
  • Credit score basics and free reports
  • Insurance basics checklist
  • Build your one-page money system
  • Set a 90-day plan
  • Celebrate your win
  • Final review and graduate

What’s included

  • A daily email with one clear action and a checklist
  • Monthly live Q&A (general education, never personal advice)
  • Community check-ins with others starting too
  • New group starts each month, or go at your own pace
  • Full archive of past issues

Pricing

Free

$0

  • 5-Day Money Bootcamp
  • Weekly email with one small action
Start free

Monthly

$9/month

  • 30-Day First Steps Challenge
  • Checklists and templates
  • Monthly live Q&A
  • Community and archive
See the challenge

Founding members: $59/yr

Annual

$79/year

  • Everything in Monthly
  • Save over 25%
  • 20% off all products
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The membership isn’t open yet. Start the free Bootcamp to get first access and founding-member pricing.