I have to confess, many of my money habits and other organizational habits have their foundation in me being lazy. I don’t want to be juggling lots of balls all the time. I don’t want to have to try and remember a million different things to do every week. I want to live my life […]
Money Lessons You Need To Know But Didn’t Get Taught
Do you ever step back and think, I wish I knew that when I was younger? I bet you do. We all do. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, as the saying goes. Like many people I have learned the hard way the financial basics of managing my money and the money lessons we all need […]
The 30 Day Rule: How To Save (More) Money
Can the 30 day spending rule really help you? You leave school and think you are done with rules. Then you go to work and find a whole bunch of rules you have to abide by. But that’s OK because outside of work, you don’t need rules right? Then you realize you’ve spent way too […]
How To Make No Spend Days Successful (And When Not To)
No spend days are quite the thing these days. Some people love them and some people hate them. Some people think they work and some people don’t. I loves me a no spend day, in fact I love having quite a few of them. But there’s little point having them if they don’t help you […]
How To Radically (And Successfully) Cut Your Expenses
What would you do if you had to drastically cut your expenses immediately? As in today or tomorrow? What expenses would you cut? How long would it take you to actually see that dollar reduction? I’ve read plenty about cutting expenses to the bone, after all I am a frugalista who loves an extreme frugal […]
How To Spend Less Money (And Save) – 6 Easy Tricks
You are not a stupid person. You know that you are spending too much yet can’t seem to stop. Sound familiar? When you are on the hunt to learn how to spend less money you can be bombarded with tips on cutting cable, meal planning and not eating out. But it’s not as simple as […]
How To Be Successful With A No Spend Challenge
Do you wonder what all the fuss is about having a no spend challenge? Can completing a no buy challenge for a day, a week or a month actually make any difference to your money situation? That depends. On you. On whether you can successfully cut out your spending. But that is why I am […]
How To Successfully Live On One Income (With 30+ Helpful Tips)
You’re fed up! I get it. You’ve read about a million different blog posts from people talking about how they are successfully living on one income. But it hasn’t worked for you. You are still searching for the right tips to make it work for you. I know how you feel. Trying to live on […]
Live Cheaply – How You Can Win At Living On Next To Nothing
Strategies To Help You Win At Living On Next To Nothing If you look hard enough there are ways to live on nothing. But realistically when you have no money it’s not about learning to living on fresh air alone, what you need to focus on is learning how to live cheaply. As cheaply as […]
How To Fix Budgeting Mistakes Right Now – 5 Simple Steps
So your budget isn’t working and now you really need to fix it. We’ve all been here. We create our budgets carefully or by semi plucking figures out of the air thinking that will be plenty to live on. A couple of months down the line and reality sinks in and budgeting mistakes are staring […]