I’d rather focus on how much I spend on rent, insurance, and cable Because fixed costs aren’t going anywhere, but that latte is going right towards my happiness. Budgeting has once been my worst enemy, my best friend, and my math tutor that hates how distracted I get during our sessions all at once. It’s […]

Budgeting doesn’t require a judge sentencing you to 3 years with no Starbucks You likely spent your week like the rest of us. You went to work, you did something fun, you relaxed at home – rinse, recycle, repeat. Although we have our routines and schedules, every week in life is different. Some weeks we […]

With online shopping, there is no fear of someone watching over my decision making process In December of 2015, I officially made my last credit card payment and announced to the world that I was consumer debt free! I had paid off over $10,000 of debt in 10 months by avoiding shopping, sticking to a […]

Every penny you save is a penny you could use to save or invest to make more money As much as I love seeing money quotes around the web, it can become pretty exhausting to see the same ones from Ben Franklin, Dave Ramsey, and The Suze Orman Show. Am I right, or am I […]

Keep a record of all that you have done Ah yes, the decision to go 72 hours without money. One that not many people would not willingly choose to make, but one that most people should try at least once. More often than not, when you read a story about someone who tackled a “No-Spend […]

you’re totally allowed to get emotional about money Getting married is apparently some kind of big deal. I have been told on multiple occasions how drastically my life would (or will) change after taking the plunge and locking down the man of my dreams, but I’m still waiting for all of the (super) hard parts. […]

Feel like you can’t afford to give time? Give money. You know that feeling you get when you do something small for someone? The feeling you get when you hold the door open for someone carrying a lot of groceries, the feeling you get when you buy the person behind you in the Timmy’s drive-thru […]

We all desire different things from our financial supporters, and that’s okay Every time I turn around; us millennials are getting verbally smacked down in the headlines. It seems like we can’t do anything right these days. Which is super weird, because with all of the participation trophies (I never received) in my life, I […]

Money isn’t that simple. Debt isn’t that simple. And becoming wealthy (spoiler alert) isn’t that simple. Going out on a real limb here, but if you’ve seen “He’s Just Not That Into You” (she says as she floats backwards into 2009), then you’ll know exactly what I mean by the “exception”. If you haven’t. Here’s […]

we like to know how we compare to others If I were to walk up to the average person and ask them what they spent in 2016, they would likely look at me like I was insane. Which I mean, yes, I am. But not quite for the same reasons they’re thinking. I spent $35,424.60 […]