Tag: Saving Money
I Don’t Ever Want to Borrow Money Again. Is That Weird?
Borrowing money is a very socially acceptable thing to do these days it seems. In my circle of friends, family and colleagues, people congratulate you for saying things like these: “I just bought a house with a 30 year mortgage where the payment is less than I was paying in rent.” “I just financed a [...]
How To Tell If Your Spending is a Problem
Lately, I’ve been slipping when it comes to saving money. I’ve been finding myself eating out much more often and not having the energy to cook or do a thorough job of buying groceries. Perhaps this is all happening because summer is here. The big question that I keep asking myself is: How do you [...]
Live on Less Than You Make and Win
As a twenty something who learned to “live on less than you make,” I know how tough it is to do. The good news is that once you learn to live on less than you make, it’s fairly easy to keep doing it. It’s a lifestyle habit and once it’s ingrained in you, it is [...]
5 Not-So-Fun Things About Living Below Your Means
There are a lot of awesome things about living below your means. I’ve written about many of them over the last few months and you’ll hear them all over the personal finance world as well. Now that I’ve been living below my means for 2 years, I’ve experienced both the fun things and the not-so-fun [...]
Carnival of Retirement – 17th Edition
Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Retirement! Here, you’ll find tips on personal finance and on preparing for retirement financially. If you want to submit a post for next week’s edition, please use this submission form. Next week’s edition will be hosted by Simple Finance Blog. Enjoy! *Note: The links before are to articles written [...]
10 Personal Finance Tips for Young Adults
After turning 28 last week, I’ve realized that my twenties are mostly behind me. I’m finally able to look back on adulthood with 10 years of life experiences as an adult behind me. Would I do things differently? Yes and no. If I did things differently, I wouldn’t be where I am today and I [...]
How To Get Started with Mint.com
Today, we had a budget seminar at work where I found out that only 2 out of 40 people in our company used an online financial organization/budgeting software to manage their finances. One co-worker and I are both using Mint.com. Our seminar leader mentioned Mint.com as being one of the leading tools available to help [...]
Palm Sunday Personal Finance Favorites
Wow, I can’t believe it’s already April. Another year of my life has passed as I turn 28 this month. I’m now only two years from 30, which is both a scary and motivating thought. I have to get my butt in gear to make sure I, “get somewhere” by the time I’m thirty (I’m [...]
5 Ways to Spend the Week When You’re Over Budget
You guessed it. I’m over budget for the month of March. Not just a few dollars over, but I’ve increased my budget this month by between one and two hundred dollars, I’m guessing (wow, that is sad that I don’t even know the number). Of course, I’m lucky (if you call it that), since I [...]
The Three Biggest Financial Mistakes I’ve Made In My Twenties
This is a guest post from Katie at Along for the Journey. Katie is a 25-year-old mother to two beautiful girls. She is currently pursuing her accounting degree and blogs at Along for the Journey about her financial mistakes and aspirations. I encourage you to check out her blog and read all the great things [...]
