Budgeting Will Set You Free
Budgeting can actually be free-ing. Because when you pay attention to your spending, then YOU control it. Otherwise, I promise, eventually IT will control you. Get ahead of it today. Download this FREE Budgeting Spreadsheet and start managing your money tonight!
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...
The 4 Different Types Of Budgeting You Need To Try
Did you know there are different types of budgeting? There is. And since there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to how you budget your money, neither is one type of budgeting. Some methods may work better for you than others, but as long as you are sticking...
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 Plan Your Best Financial Year Ever
It’s a new year and a fresh start! If your New Year’s resolution this year is to make better money management decisions or even give your finances a financial makeover, you’re in the right place! I’m going to show you how to plan for your best financial year yet!
Things You Need To Do Right Now To Improve Your Financial Life
Many people are looking to improve their finances this year, but have no idea how on earth to achieve this goal! If you are struggling to get ahead financially, just the idea of getting control of your finances can seem intense. I’m not going to lie to you and tell…
The Ultimate Guide To The Cash Envelope System
The cash envelope system is a spenders godsend when it comes to budgeting. This easy way of envelope budgeting will keep you from going over budget, and help you stay accountable with a spending limit and get on track with your budget. While using a paper envelope or...
How To Stick To Your Budget
Creating a budget and figuring out how to stick to a budget is by far the hardest part of gaining control of your finances. For us, we spent so much money outside of our budget that we ended up adding to our credit card debt and lowering our credit score. And then...
How To Cut Your Budget When There's Nothing Left To Cut
We've all been there before. Your credit card statement is staring you in the face and your checking account is just cents from zero. It happens. Time to make some household budget cuts. And then you get mad at yourself for allowing your finances to get in this awful...
How To Live On $2,000 Per Month
There are two types of people who want to live on $2,000 a month. There are the people who only have $2,000 a month, or there are those who want to live on less by living on $2,000 a month and saving the rest. I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum, so I know what...
The Items You Are Forgetting To Include In Your Budget
When creating personal budget categories for your family, most people will start by either revisiting a previous budget they put together or by making a list of all their bills to figure out where money needs to be distributed. Budgets that are created based solely on...
Are These Poor Money Habits Making You Broke?
We are all guilty of certain bad money habits. In fact, I am willing to bet that even if you are the most frugal person in the world, you are still guilty of at least one bad money habit. For me, it was too easy to use our credit card. Over just a short period we...
The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Budgeting
The idea of creating and sticking to a budget probably sounds pretty straightforward when you start the budgeting process. All you have to do is make a plan for where you want your money to go and then stick to it. Sounds pretty simple, right? But you can easily make...
How To Stretch Your Budget When You're Tight On Money
Everyone encounters a time when you have to use budget savers to make the money you have last until it replenishes and the budget resets. It's usually when you’ve decided not to spend any money for a short period (by doing a spending freeze), or there just isn’t...
How To Create A Budget When You Hate Budgeting
When it comes to creating a good budget, sometimes we make it harder than it has to be. Here's the thing, a good budget will not only tell your money where to go but help you stay on track, so you don’t overspend. While it is good practice to track your spending...
How To Achieve Big Goals For Your Finances This Year
I know what you're thinking...how to achieve big goals for your finances already seems daunting. Until this point, I had never shared my goals with you. Can you believe it? I started my frugal living journey long ago because I wanted to live a more meaningful life and...
This Is The Time For Planning Your Financial Future Success
How do you go about planning for your financial future? Think back to five years ago. Are you where you wanted to be now? Do you even remember where you wanted to be five years ago? This is perhaps one of life’s hardest questions since a lot can change in just five...
How To Set Realistic Goals You Can Actually Keep This Year
We all know we are supposed to set goals for ourselves, but it always feels like the goals we set never seem to pan out well by the end of the year. I have had my fair share of goal flops over the years, and I learned a secret to why I wasn’t able to effectively set…
How To Find The Keys To Financial Success This Year
Do you have the keys to financial success this year? I love January because It feels like we've begun a fresh new start to the new year. As I pack up the Christmas decorations it just feels like I'm preparing to begin a new chapter and I get excited for what will...