Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Since I work from home I am always asked by other hopefuls how to get started. When I explain that I put 80 hours a week working two days jobs and building an online business on the side and also had around 100 rejection letters before getting my first freelance job, I feel like that part is just glazed over. People expect me to give
You could be Richard Branson or a tramp in a bin. No matter – if you don’t tighten your purse strings like Scrooge McDuck every once in a while, you’ll end up in a spiral of debt that will only grow larger as time goes by. Indeed, screeds of people fall into bankruptcy every week. And all they needed was a strict budget to stop
After three months of going back and forth we are finally moving. Over the past week Jamie and I have been going through each room in the house top to bottom. We don’t want to be stuck with two houses so we’ve made it a priority to declutter as much as possible and make our current house desirable to potential buyers. In doing this I’ve
It’s hard to believe but my 20s are almost over. That’s right, I’ll be 30 next year. Financially speaking, there’s a lot that I did right in my twenties but there are also some things I wish I would have done better. I’m definitely grateful for where I am I but if I could’ve done it all over again here’s how I would set myself
I’ve been feeling super busy throughout the week. Like I’m running on overdrive. Between working, dealing with an overly attached four year old, doing homework, and keeping up with household chores (which aren’t all the way kept up with, I might add) I hold my weekends as sacred. Over the past month the weather has drastically improved and I’ve escaped to the outdoors every single
There’s a lot of talk, especially with the debt free movements (which are great, btw), about credit scores. Some people will tell you that credit scores are only important if you plan on taking out debt. Other people, like me, know that they are used for so much more. In fact, beyond getting a good interest rate on a loan your credit score is used
My love for Facebook Yard Sales began a couple years ago. After trying my hand selling on Craigslist many times I was fed up with receiving tons of texts, phone calls, and emails from people who weren’t really interested in what I was selling in the first place. It was frustrating. So when Facebook Yard Sales and Garage Sales started popping up I decided to
I was the kid who always had my nose in a book. During my (early) teenage years I was more worried about getting the highest grade on a test than I was going to the movies or shopping for clothes. My nerdiness and love for books has always been a part of me. So it’s no surprise that when I took an interest in personal
Sometimes it’s the quick wins that can motivate you when you feel like you’re not doing very well with your money. In your head you might think you’ll never get ahead or that the small things you do don’t matter. Those thoughts, however, couldn’t be farther from the truth. Like Mr. Money Mustache says, “Millionaires are made ten bucks at a time.” Kill those self-defeating
For most people smart money management comes in the form of a slap to the face only after some heavy financial damage is done. Which is always better late than never. You see, nobody comes into life knowing exactly how to manage money. We all make mistakes and, hopefully, learn from them as we go. If you feel like you’ve been trying to get your
