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How To Start Saving For A House Down Payment Now
You may not be thinking about buying a house for a few years, but a down payment on a house could end up being thousands of dollars. If you’ve already started thinking about saving up for a down payment, you might feel just a little overwhelmed. Unlike retirement, the...
How To Fill Your Emergency Savings Fund In Just 2 Months
Whether you're trying to pay off debt or just getting your financial life in order, we all need an emergency savings fund or a rainy day fund. Emergency funds are so essential for our financial security. When a financial crisis and unexpected expenses occur, instead...
How To Budget When You’re Not Making Enough Money
Budgeting can seem hopeless when you're not making enough money, but that is even more reason to create one! It doesn’t matter if you’ve lost your job, you have too much debt, or you just don’t make enough money, either way, the bills still need to be paid. When there...
How To Cut Expenses When You’re Low On Money
Whether you've overspent early in the month, or you're spending more than you're making and adding to your credit card debt, it may be time to find some household expenses to put on the chopping block. While some of your unnecessary expenses may seem like they make...
How To Get Ahead Of The Game With The Ultimate Holiday Planner
The holidays seem to just get busier and busier, but with The Ultimate Holiday Planner (a brand new planner to help you conquer the holidays with grace), I'm able to get prepared and be ahead of the game. Don't you feel so unprepared every year? I know I have felt the...
How To Stay Motivated For Your Money Goals This Year
Setting money goals for the year might seem simple enough, but achieving those goals isn’t as easy as it sounds. Knowing how you can stay motivated to reach your saving money goals is an essential step in actually achieving them. I struggle with remaining motivated,...
The Best Holiday Pantry Items To Stockpile For Savings All Year
What pantry items do you normally stock up on during the holidays? I've been known to blow my grocery budget on holiday baking supplies every time I want to bake. From cute cupcake liners, sprinkles, new cookie cutters, and of course, several different flavors of...
The Best Quick & Easy Gifts To Put In Mason Jars This Year
Mason jars are the biggest part of the "Farmhouse" craze right now. If you love mason jars, then you'll know they can easily make great gifts. So pull out your crafting supplies and those empty jar and let's get busy making gifts! But as I was writing this article, I...
The Truth About How to Avoid Common Money Mistakes
Financial money mistakes can easily happen to us all, even when we think we are being a smarty. While we think we are being smart with our money, sometimes all it takes is one accident and our savings are drained. Or a layoff throws everything for a loop and our...
Tips For Less Financial Holiday Stress – How To Easily Conquer The Holidays
As we inch towards the holidays, I know we can all use some tips for holiday stress relief. Doesn’t it seem that as the holidays get closer, our anxiety and stress seem to skyrocket? If it’s not about the present buying, or the family coming over for dinner, it’s all...
Couple Goals: How To Manage Money Together As A Team
Couple goals, we've all got them including how to manage money as a couple. You've probably already heard the statistics about money and marriage; "more than half of marriages end in divorce because of money." And it's nothing to scoff at because money problems are...
The Best Gifts Under $5 You Can Easily Make This Year
If you think your holiday budget is too small, then these gifts under $5 are the perfect fit for you! When you make and give homemade gifts to others, you're making a lasting impression that physically demonstrates your love. A gift that comes from your heart - and is...
How To Follow Through On Your Financial Goals
It's time to set a smarter goal for your budget and your finances! Can you believe it’s already the new year?! Doesn't it seem like just yesterday we were celebrating the start of last year?! It’s time to start goal setting and making New Year’s resolutions, and that...
The Most Helpful List Of Household Expenses We Will Never Cut
If you're looking at your list of household expenses and trying to decide what to cut, let me stop you there! You can't cut everything out of your budget, although we all wish we could at some point in our lives. This past year has been a doozy, from the water heater...
How To Create A Tight Budget To Build Your Savings
If you are tight on money, then you are learning how to live on a tight budget. But, it's so important to put money away for savings regularly. Having money in a savings account will provide you with a cushion for emergencies and unexpected expenses that may pop up in...