Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
This year there will likely be more people spending the holidays alone than usual. While that sucks, on one hand, the holidays are what you make them. I can honestly tell you that I’ve spent holidays by myself—Christmas included—and I actually found them to be pretty relaxing. There’s a certain pressure that I find you get when it comes to spending holidays with the family,
When it comes to footwear choices in adulthood, function takes priority over fashion. While there’s nothing wrong with having a few pairs of flashy shoes meant for turning heads rather than providing comfort and stability, busy moms need functional footwear. The following are six types of shoes every busy mom needs in her closet: Flats A nice pair of flats is the ideal footwear solution
Money is a funny thing. It’s something you always seem to need more of, yet it’s incredibly easy to burn through at an alarming rate. If you want to build future wealth, it’s vital that you learn how to have a sense of discipline when it comes to money. Doing so isn’t always easy, but following a few key steps can be a helpful way
It’s nice to get together with family, and hopefully, we’ll all be able to do that very soon. But family get-togethers like this cost a bit of extra cash and you need to figure out where it’s going to come to if you’re planning one. Luckily, like everything else, you can create a family reunion budget. Making sure you have the financial details figured out
I recently went through a big change and decided to sell pretty much everything I own and pack a bag. There are a million reasons why I came across this decision, but this article isn’t about those. Instead, it’s about how I managed to get rid of most of those things… I sold them online. That’s right, I put up pretty much everything from my
It can be downright scary when it rolls around to the last week and you have no money left. You end up standing there thinking “how are we going to make ends meet for the next few days until payday rolls around.” It’s stressful for you and your family. That’s where learning how to stretch a dollar comes in. We would all like to make
Many of us were thrust into the work-from-home world with no indication that we’d ever be trying to finish a report while the kids run wild in the other room and our partner is on the phone across the island from us trying to make a business deal. It’s not the life we have chosen nor were we ready for it, but it was the
For some, the eat at home challenge is not a challenge at all. We’ve got no place better we can go and eating at home seems to be the most cost-effective way to cut back during the COVID financial slump that many of us are seeing. But eating at home doesn’t mean that everyone is eating home-cooked meals. Ordering in is pretty tempting, and we
There really is one born every minute. I am referring to financial strategies that promise quick and easy riches. The question is, do any of them work? Also, how would you know? Most of these schemes cost money. In many cases, the cost is quite high. Instead of schemes, let’s just call them scams. They do not exist to help you get rich quick. They
It doesn’t look like COVID will be packing its bag and heading for a vacation over the holidays (sadly), which means we’ll be stuck doing what we’ve been doing for the last year sans family. Only it’ll be Christmas and New Years’—and being alone on the holidays will probably suck more than usual. Luckily, I’ve actually spent a few holidays away from family—both by choice
