How to Save For Something Big Buying a big-ticket item is usually expensive and can be a financially challenging event. Where’s the money for it going to come from? You need a plan: Knowing how much it will cost… Continue Reading
How To Stop Living Paycheck To Paycheck If you live paycheck to paycheck, you’re essentially broke. In the past, often described the circumstances of people holding low-paying jobs. We called them the working poor. Now many wage earners making $100,000… Continue Reading
I Can’t Afford To Retire I Can’t Afford To Retire Are you close to retirement age? Maybe you’ve already reached that so-called magic number when you’re supposed to be able to relax and take it easy. What I really want… Continue Reading
Small investments can secure your future Small investment can deliver you your future. You can have money to send your children to college. You can have the house of your dreams. Your golden years can really be golden. Or… the… Continue Reading
How I Save Money Being Frugal It seems like everyone is getting into the “How I save money being frugal” game. Articles on the topic are popping up everywhere—magazines, talk shows, the internet. I look into as many of these… Continue Reading
Weekly Meal Planning: Save Time And Money What’s your take on weekly meal planning? Do you set aside a little time once a week to figure out what you’re going to serve over the next few days? Or, when mealtimes… Continue Reading
Declutter your life It’s almost too easy for our lives to get all cluttered up. I’m not just talking about physical clutter. I’m including emotional and mental clutter. All forms of clutter are bad. Clutter slows you down; it can… Continue Reading
How To Be A Super Saver A super saver is a person who saves a lot of money. On the average they save 15% or more of their income for retirement, but retirement isn’t the only thing they save for.… Continue Reading
Is Instant Gratification Ruining Your Budget? Who seeks instant gratification? Most people is the answer. Who doesn’t appreciate getting the satisfaction—pleasure—of having a desire fulfilled sooner rather than later? Instant gratification could be ruining your budget. Instant gratification could be… Continue Reading
Re-Prioritize Your Finances I’m sure you’ve heard someone say, “Oh, I just can’t afford that.” Then, maybe not even a month later, they’re deep into exactly whatever it way they couldn’t afford. Maybe that someone is you. You’ve re-prioritized your… Continue Reading