Since it’s the end of the year, which officially means I’ve been blogging for a year (how cool is that?), I wanted to do a recap of the posts I’ve written that have gotten the most traffic.

It was fun to look through my statistics to find the most popular posts. There were definitely some that surprised me.

Sometimes I spend time writing a post that I think is really good and it hardly gets read at all. Other times I write a post that I’m not all that thrilled with but people seem to love it. So strange!

I decided to lump all of my “money” posts into one category for the recap. I could have divided things up into budgeting, money saving, and/or personal finance categories, but this seemed simpler.

Top Money Posts of 2016

How We Live On Less Than $1500 A Month + A Peek At Our Actual Budget

I shared what our actual monthly budget looks like at the beginning of the year and it has been my most popular post ever since! (Our budget has changed a bit since then.)

Budgeting can be hard to figure out at first and I think a lot of people just want to see how someone else does things.

Obviously, some parts of the world are more expensive than others and there are tons of other factors, like family size, hobbies, and health concerns to take into account.

I shared our budget in hopes that it might inspire you to find ways to cut certain parts of your spending and because seeing how we handle our money might give you ideas of how to handle yours.

How to Fix Up Your House When You’re Broke

When we bought our first house, it needed some work a ton of work.

Every room needed to be painted. The kitchen was ugly and not very functional, and a lot of small updates needed to happen.

Over the first couple years we owned that home, we made a lot of updates even though we hardly had any extra money to spend. I shared my planning process and money saving tips that made it possible. Plus, a few before and after pics.