<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[FIREstarter Finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ignite Your Financial Freedom Early]]></description><link>https://www.firestarterfinance.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:14:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.firestarterfinance.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Two-Layer System for Knowing Your Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people have a general sense of where their money goes, but that kind of vagueness is costing you. The first step to being strategic isn't a budget app or a savings goal, it's actually seeing your cash flow clearly, in real time, without spending hours doing it manually. That's exactly what the two-layer system does. And look, we totally get it. Opening your statements comes with a side of judgment nobody asked for. Things like: I don't make enough. I shouldn't have gone to that dinner. I...]]></description><link>https://www.firestarterfinance.com/post/the-two-layer-system-for-knowing-your-money</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a28721d99361b5d20d52958</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:07:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dbc20_20df878e72a64d489a18e4f529c21695~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katie Flack</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Don't Have a Money Problem, You Have a Vision Problem.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most optimized budget in the world means nothing if you don't know what you're building toward. Here's a question most financial advice skips right past: what is all of this for? When you open your investment account or sit down to look at your budget, what picture are you actually working toward? What does the life on the other side of all this look like? Here's the thing: you can have perfectly allocated ETFs, an emergency fund, a debt payoff plan, and a spreadsheet that would make any...]]></description><link>https://www.firestarterfinance.com/post/you-don-t-have-a-money-problem-you-have-a-vision-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1845a934554029974f3830</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:51:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6373706e63583463556e51~mv2_d_6720_4480_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katie Flack</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>