Practical Ways to Improve Your Home, Life, & Budget
Do you want to save more money? Or course you do! Maybe you want to pay off debt, save for a vacation, build your emergency fund, or just lower your living expenses in general. Why spend more when you could spend less? That’s why I thought up a whole bunch of ideas for a 30 […]
There are endless money saving tips floating around in internet-land, but if you want to drastically cut expenses, well… you need to do some drastic things! It’s definitely possible to reduce your expenses in a big way so that you can save a ton of money and live on less. Are you ready to dive […]
Attempting to save money on groceries can be overwhelming! There are so many money saving methods you can use, which may or may not be effective and may or may not take up a whole lot of your time. If you want to start saving on groceries, I’ll let you in on a little tip: […]
We became debt free last year, but in truth we had been debt free before! We’ve been in and out of debt a few times over the years, and let me tell you, I much prefer to be out of debt. There are three elements that have helped us stay out of debt. When we […]
Good gracious, moving can get expensive! We just moved from Michigan to Colorado, so I definitely know what I’m talking about here. We’ve also moved six other times in the past nine years, in case you still doubted my qualifications, haha! Whenever we move, I always do my best to estimate the costs ahead of […]
Last year we did what we thought was the impossible: We paid off just under $19,000 of debt in 10 months to become debt free except for our house! I am still amazed at how we managed to pull this off and how it has positively affected our lives ever since — we’re currently saving […]
What if you could vastly improve your financial situation by spending just one minute a day doing something super easy? You’d say “sign me up!” right? Well, I’ll tell you how to make this happen, but you have to promise to stay with me as I explain, and more importantly — do it! We often […]
It’s time to clear the air about budgeting! Too many people think of a budget as a bad thing, a thing they don’t need, or something that just won’t work for them. Maybe you’re one of those people. I can’t tell you how much I disagree! So let’s talk through nine of the most common […]
Creating your first budget can be overwhelming! It’s tough to know how much you should be spending or where to even start. Today, I want to give you a starting budget. I did some research on the recommended percentages that each category of your spending should take up from your income. We’ll break down what […]
Most hobbies can either be crazy expensive or quite frugal. It all depends on how you do things. I rediscovered my love of reading last year and have been happy to find that there are a lot of ways to save money on books or read great books for free! So, I want to break […]
