Buying a Home in Your 20s: Tips to Know
Perhaps you finally want to move out of your parents’ place, or maybe you just want to stop wasting all of your money on rent. Buying a home might be the next logical step for you. If you’re in your …
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Don’t Give Up on Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions: Here’s How
With the month of January coming to a close, it’s possible you’ve already long forgotten about those New Year’s resolutions you had committed to only weeks ago. If you’re struggling with those financial New Year’s resolutions, you’re not alone. Don’t …
How to Align Your Spending With Your Values
I’m sure if you’ve read even a handful of personal finance blogs, you’ve come across this sage advice before: learn to align your spending with your values. Although it sounds simple enough, the advice seems so hard for many of us …
7 Ways to Lower Your Grocery Bill
Paying down debt or trying to save up for an emergency fund? If you’re looking to save money, one of the first places you should look is your fridge. Your grocery bill might be one of the easiest places to …
How To Reverse Lifestyle Inflation
In the past few years or so, my husband and I have really been buckling down on our finances. We grew sick of blowing so much money on things that only left us with a smaller wallet, and it was …
7 Amazing Benefits of Tracking Your Spending
When you graduate into adulthood and begin trying to manage your finances, the first step you’ll often be encouraged to take is to create a budget. While that’s important, there’s something else even more basic and more important you should …
How to Teach Kids About Money
When you become a new parent for the first time, it doesn’t take long to realize kids are little sponges. They soak up everything around them because it’s all new, and they catch onto more than you think. I don’t know …
What to Do If Your Spouse Isn’t Frugal
What should you do if your spouse isn’t frugal? What if your spouse is all about spending some dough, and you’re all about saving it? If you are one of those people who is really into frugality with a spouse who’s a …
10 Steps for a Successful Financial Checkup
Every few months or so, my husband and I sit down to discuss our finances to make sure we’re still on the same page and that things are running smoothly. Luckily, things are typically on track, but it’s never a …
How to Save Money on a Summer Family Reunion
Family reunions can be one of the most anticipated events of the year, or they can be a total nightmare — depending on which family member you talk to. Perhaps you’re looking forward to reminiscing with that cousin you never …