Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
The new year is around the corner and not only is it time to budget, but it’s time for setting financial goals that you can not only accomplish but will put you in a better financial position overall. Financial goals, much like any other type of goal, can get out of hand really quickly. It’s a short jump in your mind from “I want to
Sometimes we find ourselves in a bind with a bill to pay and no money to pay it. Typically, I’d imagine this happens around the end of the month when rent becomes due, and we haven’t budgeted correctly. Regardless of the reasons, you might find yourself with the need to make $300 quickly. Easy Ways to Make $300 Quickly So what can you do? I’ve
Exercising can be a challenge. It seems that every month I make a new goal (that I never end up achieving) to be more active. But since the scale never seems to move (because you can’t go to the gym for 15 minutes and expect to lose 20 pounds) I end up giving up before I’ve even started. But what if there was a fitness
Gross, the “b” word. No one likes to talk about building a budget but with the new year approaching and your credit card bills weighing you down, you know it’s time to start. Stat. Budgeting is a serious pain that can help you out in the long run. But man, is it crappy to think about! However, we have just over a month until 2019
It’s that time of year again when it starts to get a little cooler and we start to dream of faraway beaches and our next sun-filled vacation. But going on a vacation costs money and we’re not always sure the best way to go about saving for it. But fear not, we have compiled some exceptional tips for saving for vacation! Open a Dedicated Bank
Shopping is hard. It’s really easy to overspend and come home with bagfuls of packages that you 100% don’t need. A few weeks ago I spent $42 on limited edition Halloween-themed magazines. Titles like Haunted History and topics that included an in-depth look at Jack the Ripper, which clearly tells you way too much about me. And as I left the store I thought, oh man,
This past weekend I went to see the latest film in the Harry Potter universe, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” And even though it was genuinely enjoyable with an amazing cinematic look, throughout the film I found that I wasn’t able to stop thinking about Johnny Depp’s bank account. Johnny Depp, as I’m sure we’ve all seen, has spent a lot of time in
Podcasting is the new blogging, or so I hear. According to Podcasting Insights, there are over 550,000 active podcasts publishing over 18.5 million episodes in 100 different languages. That’s a whole lot of audio content. As a podcaster myself, I can tell you the industry is a busy, active one with passionate creators. But while you can make a little side cash with it, it
According to reports, only 39% of Americans have an extra $1,000 kicking around to be able to pay for financial emergencies. So if you’re in the group of Americans who don’t have an emergency fund, you’re not alone. But you need to have one. Life is unpredictable and unfortunately, it runs off money. There’s no telling what tomorrow will bring so it is in your
Cable seems like such an archaic service. With all the streaming websites and cord cutting options for streaming your favorite shows, I sometimes find myself wondering why it even exists. Today anyway. A few years ago was a different story… When I first moved out of my parent’s house in my early 20s, I was determined to live a cable-less lifestyle. Who really needs to
