Making Saving Second Nature
The benefits of budgeting go way beyond just giving you more money. You’ll discover a life full of more freedom and less anxiety too. You keep hearing about how to budget your money. It seems like it must be the thing to do, right? Have you ever wondered why budgeting is so important? Turns out […]
Teaching kids about money can be nerve-wracking. Especially when you’re an adult and you aren’t quite sure you’re doing this whole “money thing” right in the first place. I’m going to be honest here…I’m a mom and I know fully well that I’m going to screw my kids up in some way. Yes, I’m owning […]
I’ve always wanted to travel with my family and experience different parts of this world, but during the 4.5 years that my husband and I were paying off $111,000 worth of debt, we limited ourselves to only traveling to see friends and family. Now that we are starting to branch out and travel more, we […]
This post contains affiliate links. When we were first homeowners, I was a tad bit overwhelmed with all the expenses that we had to purchase. Specifically anything and everything related to taking care of a yard. As a newly married couple we always lived in apartments, so yardwork was outside of my area of expertise. […]
It’s no secret that Christmas is the most expensive holiday of the year. Trust me, I get it! Not only are the gifts crazy expensive, but everything else is too! I’m talking about the Christmas cards, pictures with Santa, holiday parties, and everything else on top of the gifts. That’s why it’s so important to […]
It’s one thing to make a budget and tell your money where to go, but it’s a completely different thing to live on a bare bones budget. A bare bones budget is when your budget only what is absolutely necessary to survive. You might think that this sounds ridiculous. Who on earth would only live […]
Are you tired of sending all your hard-earned money to debt while struggling with living paycheck to paycheck? If you’ve taken the time to sit down and write out how much money you are paying towards debt, you might be sick to your stomach. I know I was in shock the first time we totaled […]
Have you ever had your eye on something that you felt like you just had to have? Maybe it was a new iPad or a piece of furniture. Literally, every part of you craves that item. Well, I’ve been there before. For me, it was coach handbags. Ever since I was in college I wanted […]