Make a financial plan that works as hard as you do

The Miner Family, Ko Samui

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Welcome to Work Pants Finance!

This site exists to help you Make A Financial Plan That Works As Hard As You Do and to sort out the signal from the noise.

We are inundated with information and data every minute of every day. At Work Pants Finance, we cut through the chaos and serve up the wisdom of experience.

I’m your money guide as we talk with amazing people about life and money - in work, relationships, values and goals.

My name is Matt Miner, and I am a fee-only, fiduciary advisor working with families to make sure the really important stuff happens.

I work best with professionals, entrepreneurs, and families contemplating their transition to make work optional - whether at age 35 or 65!

I help clients bridge the gap between knowing and doing, and to have confidence that whatever life throws at them, they have a plan and they have a caring and competent professional in their corner. I love when clients tell me, “After our meeting, I slept the best I had in a week!”

I tackle life’s money questions – “How do I make the best use of my income?” “When can I retire?” “How can I eliminate my student debt?” “I’m getting divorced, which is awful. How do I cope with the money part, too?” “We’re growing our family. What should we think about?” “How can I get the taxing authorities out of my wallet – even just a little bit?” “How should I think about this pivotal time in my business?”

I earned my MBA in the full-time program at Duke's Fuqua School of Business in Durham and my undergraduate degree in Finance from Arizona State University in Tempe.

Our family’s money journey began as we got super intense about personal finance to repay $225,000 in b-school debt in about three years. After that, we saved and invested a big portion of our income, and in 2019, we paid off the house. As we made big changes in our financial lives, I found I loved helping other people do a great job with their money too.

I am Founder & CEO of Miner Wealth Management a North-Carolina Registered Investment Advisor in Raleigh, NC.

I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.

WorkPantsFinance.com and the Work Pants Finance Podcast are where I talk about money these days.

If you just can’t get enough, you can read and hear more around the web.

Three-part interview series with Lacey Langford, the Military Money Expert

Budgeting and the Homeschool Family, with Amy Sloan at Humility and Doxology

Interview with Joshua Sheats on Radical Personal Finance: 597-Debt-Freedom Leads to Career Freedom to Become a Financial Adviser: Interview with Matt Miner from Design Independence

Interview with Elle Martinez at Simplify and Enjoy

Interview with Philip Taylor on the Masters of Money Podcast: 050: Using Your Values and Goals to Reach Financial Independence with Matt Miner

Thanks for being here!

Matt