This year has been an INCREDIBLE journey. I’ve been blogging since 2006, but it wasn’t until February of 2015 that I launched my first self-hosted blog in the hopes of going pro. I had no idea how to do that at first, so that’s where your help became invaluable. Photo Credit: John Ottosson (Unsplash) This […]
This Christmas, we decided to try the four gift Christmas challenge: Something they want, something they need, something they wear, something they read. It was really fun and helped me dial in on what I’m doing with the hard-earned money we saved for Christmas. Somehow it always seems to flitter away. Photo Credit: donnierayjones via […]
Time for a little fun. Every day, I hear about all the ups and downs of Christmas shopping. For some people, it’s the holliest, jolliest time of their year as they do heel kicks all the way home from the mall. For others, they’re like Charlie Brown, just enduring the chaos and commercialization of Christmas […]
In last week’s post, A Beginner’s Guide to Using Cash Envelopes, I described the many budget-friendly benefits to paying in cash. It’s a powerful discipline that I believe everyone should try. If you simply detest cash, however, digital envelopes are an option. Photo Credit: 401(K) 2013 via Compfight cc When we use cash, we divide several […]
