Ever since I’ve been a kid Memorial Day has been the sign of summer and more importantly, summer vacation. The thing though, is that as a kid my thought of a summer vacation entailed visiting Sea World or King’s Island. I can remember one trip where we stayed away from home for more than one day. (Which was when my grandma paid for my family
It’s finally Friday. I bet a lot of you have a nice three day weekend ahead! Enjoy yourself and stay safe! I’ll be babysitting all weekend. My six year old nephew is coming to stay with me, which is actually kind of nice. I don’t hear a peep out of my kids when he stays with us. He keeps the girls pretty entertained! A welcome
Financial freedom. It’s such a broad term. It can mean something completely different for each and every person. Yet the end result is usually the same. To sum it up financial freedom means that money isn’t what’s fueling your life decisions. Let’s dig a little deeper. The General Meaning of Financial Freedom While financial freedom can mean several different things there is a commonality. Financial
It pains me to admit it but when I first took an interest in personal finance I hung onto every word that came from Dave Ramsey. I followed his financial plan to the letter. Which, at the time, was a good thing. Even though the only debt I had was a few hundred dollars spread out across a couple of credit cards, I paid those
What’s up? Hopefully the last day of a great week! Everybody Loves Your Money got the chance to be featured on Mint.com this week. If you have a few minutes go check out my post please: 5 Areas in Which You are Likely Spending too Much If that didn’t satisfy you reading needs here are a few of my favorite posts from others this week.
In the personal finance world we talk about investing money a lot. But it’s just as important that you invest in yourself. When you neglect your largest asset (you) your family, career, health, and overall quality of life suffer. You need to continually spend time on yourself so that you can be the best version of you. Here are four ways you can invest in
Another week has passed us by! How did yours go? My youngest daughter turns 4 tomorrow :( I can’t believe she’s this old already. This weekend we’ll be visiting with family and may be taking a trip to Chuck E. Cheese. (I gave her a choice of going to the Zoo or going to Chuck E. Cheese for her birthday. She picked Chuck E. Cheese….)
Investing is something a lot of people want to do but feel they don’t have the money for. The good news is even if you’re living on a tight budget there are ways you can find money to invest. And once you make your first investment you’ll be hooked. I mean, who doesn’t like watching their money grow? If you’ve never invested before here are
How much do you think about diversifying your income? Have you ever tried it? According to this article from Budgets are Sexy, a guy by the name of Whiskeytrail is trying to add a new income stream for every month of the year. Now that’s diversity! As I read through the post and comments I could only think about how important it really is to
Can you believe we’re in the fifth month of the year already? Craziness. How are those New Year’s Resolutions going for you? ;) As always I want to share some of my favorite posts of the week with you. My favorite post of the week came from Financial Samurai – What is Considered Mass Affluent based off of Income, Net Worth, and Investable Assets? The numbers
