One of the best ways to set your day up right is to set it up the night before. We make so many decisions every day that uses up our brain power. Instead of wasting time and energy in the morning, depleting yourself quicker, get organized the night before. By doing the following before you […]
How to Prevent Finances From Ruining Your Marriage Remember when you became friends with your spouse? When you did whatever you could to make each other laugh? I’m going to take a wild guess that you were broke at that time. We certainly were. Four years later, we’re still quite broke, but we’re still married […]
We all make financial mistakes. The temptation is to let them haunt us. Or worse, define us. Don’t let that happen. Find the courage to face your shame and move on. When I was 19, I signed up for fall classes at my local community college. I had just moved back into the state and […]
Do you think it’s possible to make money as a work at home mom? Two months ago I set 4 goals: 1.) Generate $2,000 profit a month 2.) Clear $20,059.38 debt 3.) Save $10,000 by 21/31/2017 4.) Intimacy challenge with my husband After setting those goals, I also wrote about my net worth in this […]
The following blog post is part of The Road to Financial Wellness blog tour. The Road to Financial Wellness is a three-month, grassroots campaign promoting financial empowerment on a national level and encourages people to pursue their dream lifestyle. Find out more about local events near you. When I was a kid, I wanted to […]
Today’s guest post is as real as it gets. James MacLean from Love and Money Matters opens up about the first moment he and his new bride had “the money talk.” It wasn’t exactly when he thought it would happen (on their honeymoon!), but it taught them both some powerful lessons. True story. I made my […]
I normally craft a blog post with my family & finance audience in mind. I create how-to’s and lists with bullet points in an effort to reach that audience and encourage them while they pursue their goals. Today, my audience is just one person – the person who taught me to hold a pencil, a paintbrush, […]
I’m weird. My husband’s weird. We didn’t buy a house when we got married – or in the five years that followed. With a lot of prayer, research, calculations, and staring blankly at each other trying to figure this out as we go along, we finally put an offer on our first house. Why’d it […]
In case you thought every personal finance blogger was a tech-savvy, detail-oriented, finance wiz in trendy “reading” glasses and a suit, I’m here to tell you that I’m soooooooo not that dude. Or any dude, for that matter. I write Facebook updates about my socks and Star Wars memes and the ridiculous things my 3-year-old […]
