get your money in order

sunshine&cents

Answer a few honest questions, and walk away with a plan built around how you actually think about money.

A free, judgment-free place to get your finances organized — starting with the part most money advice skips: where your beliefs came from in the first place.

the whole thing — story + numbers — takes about 20–30 minutes

01 — why this exists

I didn't grow up learning any of this either.

I learned money the way a lot of us do: by absorbing whatever was happening around me, avoiding the bits that felt too loaded, and figuring out the rest in real time.

This is the resource I wish I'd had — somewhere warm, practical, and completely uninterested in making you feel behind.

You don't need to become a different person to get better with money.

02 — where we start

Story first. Spreadsheet second.

Because a budget can't tell you why checking your balance makes your shoulders climb toward your ears.

01

Start with the story

Four honest questions about what money sounded like growing up, what you carried forward, and how you want it to feel instead.

02

Look at the numbers

No dramatic spreadsheet reveal. Just what comes in, what goes out, and what needs your attention first.

03

Make a plan you can live with

Not a perfect-person plan. A clear next step built around your actual life, brain, priorities, and capacity.

bonus — the decade calculator

What it takes to hit $1M, by decade.

Start at 25, 35, 45 or 55 — see the monthly number side by side.

try the calculator →

03 — no shame, no signup

Ready to hear your own money story?

Four questions. No account. Your answers stay in your browser, and nobody is grading them.

start with your money story

the occasional letter

Money thoughts, when there's something worth saying.

No daily noise, no selling your email. Just the useful stuff, occasionally.