Women coming out of divorce should learn budgeting and investing basics to build confidence and make better financial decisions. Taking courses, reading books, and talking to finance educators early on helps you understand your money and have smarter conversations with advisors.
So the one thing I would encourage anyone to do, but especially women coming out of a divorce, is get yourself on solid financial footing by first learning more about personal finance, budgeting, investing, because the more you learn, the more confident you're going to be. And the more you're going to be able to have intelligent conversations with, if you choose to have a financial planner or a financial advisor, the person that's going to be helping you and supporting you. So the one piece of advice I can give you based on my personal experience is learn about what it takes to be financially solid. Whether you take courses, you read books, you connect with people who teach about finances, you can't do it soon enough.
