Over at Mic.com they have a helpful article entitled, “Your 5-minute guide to budgeting“. The article gives some useful tips to get you started on the road to setting up your own budget. The article starts out with a gem of a quote: Budgeting isn’t a punishment for not being born wealthy. That quote really […]
My 5 Biggest Money Mistakes
When I look back on my financial life, there are a lot of things that I’ve done that I should’ve done differently. I’ve made bad decisions about money, that ended up causing me a lot of financial grief in the long run. Everyone out there probably has a few of these “shoulda, woulda, coulda” finance […]
5 Great Sites To Get Coupon Codes
One great way that I’ve found to save money is to buy things that I would normally buy at a Bricks and Mortar store, at an online store. You can often find ways to make it cheaper to buy online using one of my favorite things – Coupon Codes! There are a ton of coupon […]
Making Kids Money Savvy: Try These Four Financial Tricks
Helping your kids become savvy about money is all about looking for and taking advantage of teachable moments.Here are four financial tricks for them to try
3 Weeks With Buxfer.com: A Review
Buxfer.com is a new personal finance site that allows you to bring all your personal finance information together in one place, along the lines of competitors Mint.com, Geezeo.com. I recently signed up for the service so that I could weigh its advantages against the one I’m using right now, Mint.com. We recently became more deeply […]
20 Money Hacks: Tips And Tricks To Improve Your Finances
Over at ZenHabits.net they give 20 good tips on things you can do to improve your finances. Among my favorite hacks that they mention: Use Cash: We have started doing this more often at our house – paying cash for everything from furniture to new cars. It’s amazing how much nicer paid off things are […]
5 Ways To Make Some Extra Money
If you’re anything like me, there is always a time when you can use a little extra money around the house to pay off debt, save for a vacation or pay a little extra on your mortgage. Here is a list of 5 ways to make some extra money. 5 Ways To Create New Income […]
7 Ways To Improve Your Credit
Do you find yourself in a situation where your credit history is less than desirable, and you need to improve your FICO credit score? If you’re like the majority of Americans, the answer is probably yes. The median or average credit score for borrowers in the United States is 723, and over 60% have a […]
Money Management Made Simple – Enveloping
A friend from church told us about a software this week that you can use to create an easy budgeting system at home. It’s simply called “Budget” and it uses the tried and true “envelope system” of budgeting to keep you on track. From the website: Money Management, Made Simple Tired of living payday to […]
Quick Tip: Post To Your Blog When You’re Away!
A week or so ago my wife and I were on vacation. While we were gone I didn’t plan on blogging, checking email or even being on the internet. At the same time, I planned on blogging to my new blog every single day. How could I blog every day when I wasn’t going to […]
3 Weeks With Mint.com
UPDATE: Read the updated review of Mint.com Since I recently became more deeply involved in keeping track of my family’s finances (because of starting this blog), I decided that it would be nice to find a way to keep track of our finances online. Ideally we should be able to monitor all of our online […]
Why Do We Make Bad Money Decisions?
If you’re ever up late at night and turn on the television, more often than not you’re going to see one of those get rich quick informercials. You know the ones I’m talking about – the “Buy our software and you’ll be able to pick all the best stocks, making thousands of dollars a month!” […]
Save Money: Use The Library
A few days ago in my “5 Things I Can’t Do Without” post I talked about how one of the things I couldn’t do without was my library card. I didn’t go into much detail about why that is, but today over at Money Blue Book, They talk in depth about where you can find […]
Calculate When You’ll Be A Millionaire
A few days ago I posted on this blog about an article in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance that talked about how you can become a millionaire at any age. The article talked about people at ages 25, 35, 45, and 55 – and how much each would need to save at those ages to get to […]
