Practical Ways to Improve Your Home, Life, & Budget
Roasted vegetables are one of the simplest yet tastiest dishes. These beauties are perfect accompaniments to anything: a meat or pasta casserole, some steamed or baked fish, a hearty chili, anything goes! You can use any oven-safe dish for this recipe, but try a cast-iron casserole dish if you want the very best results. These dishes distribute […]
I’ve struggled in the past with starting & keeping new healthy food habits, and you’ve probably struggled, too. Eating healthy is not always easy because there are so many naughty temptations. But here is a tip that has worked really well for me. Just yesterday, I left a tray of brocolli and a bowl of […]
By Ashley, Guest Writer on The (Mostly) Simple Life I don’t know about you, but sometimes I crave a road map to figure out how much I should be spending to make our monthly budget work. Especially when I start digging into our specific bills, it’s so nice to Google, “How much does that average family spend […]
By Jessica, Finance Expert on The (Mostly) Simple Life. After Ben and I got married in 2014, we were earning two incomes, but we also had debts, and started to have to pay for all those adult expenses that have a way of syphoning out all your money. So I taught myself how to make […]
Yesterday, I was in need of some healthy-eating ideas. So I ended up searching for “healthy eating” on Pinterest, where all inspiration is found. But there was one problem: Pinterest, as usual, gave me an insane amount of healthy recipes and meal ideas. But most of them were really complicated or had unusual ingredients that […]
We all know intuitively that it’s super important to create good money habits. But how many of us are actually good at it? or great at it? Did you also know that a Rutgers study showed that “Perceived control over personal finances was a significant predictor of higher psychological well-being”. Being in control of your […]
It’s getting warmer out there and it’s time to think about summer fun! You can spend a lot of money on summer activites, such as trips to water parks, vacations in sunny destinations or concerts. But there are so many free or inexpensive fun summer activities to do. It’s a really good to keep a […]
Monitoring your progress is very simple to do, and it’s shocking how well it works. It’s such a simple idea that holds so much power! Whether you’re trying to exercise more, eat healthier, floss more often, or create just about any other habit, monitoring your progress can help. It can get you two times the […]
There’s a substantial amount of research to link gratitude with well-being, higher self-esteem, and happiness. For example, Harvard Health Publishing (Source) writes “In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships” […]
When I started to work with a full-time salary, I had no savings and some student debt (Luckily, not a ton). My starting salary was just below $30,000. I started by saving around $100 a month and put it in a savings account (later an investment account). It was not much, but I figured I […]
