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I don't know about you, but I could really have used way back in high school a personal finance class that could have helped me figure out what I was supposed to do with my money when I became an Continue reading...
It's hard when you know what you want to do, but you have no clue how to get there. The internet is an amazing tool for finding the information you need, but it can also be a little bit daunting Continue reading...
After posting a pic of my family's February budget on Instagram, I got some heated messages from some folks. Some of these messages said how I was a terrible mom for allowing my children to live Continue reading...
Usually, about this time, folks start waning on their New Year's Resolutions. And if budgeting or managing your money or becoming debt-free was on your list, you may have already run into a few Continue reading...
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, but I'm also aware, that not everyone reading this email had a great Christmas. I know for me, way back in 2007, that Christmas was one of the worse. Not only did Continue reading...
Okay so you've asked for it and I'm delivering! Y'all want to know what I buy during my weekly trip to Aldi so here's the typical list. Did you catch that? Typical. Meaning that this Continue reading...
Sometimes I think when people hear that we paid off over $55,000 of consumer debt in two years that we must be rich or at least make a six-figure income. But the truth is, we barely make $60,000 a Continue reading...
A few years ago, my life looked really different. Aside from the obvious fact that we had fewer children then, it was really just a very different time in our lives. We were constantly stressed Continue reading...
Stuck. Just stuck. Just flat-out, plain-old stuck and unable to move. That's exactly how I felt in my early adult life. I felt like I couldn't move - I didn't know how to "move up" in the Continue reading...
If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you've heard me mention our "funds system" before. Basically, we have a funds budget system where we have certain automatic withdrawals happen Continue reading...
