Category Archives: Budget Stuff
- Thom Fox Offers Up Some Free Online Tools to Master Your Money
A new video out of Cambridge Credit Counseling provides some good information on where you can find free tools online to manage your money. One site Thom Fox didn’t mention in the video was ReadyForZero.com, which I love as a tool to help people reduce their debt. As Thom says, “Your budget — and your [...]
- It Takes Two (Creating a Family Financial Battleplan-Part 1)
Two years ago I wrote about creating a financial game plan. It’s been a popular post and I think it’s due to couples looking for a solution that they can create together. Though most of the advice still hold up, I wanted to break down the steps for couples just starting out with getting their [...]
- Personal Finance Struggle Universal. Many Dealing With Trying to Make Ends Meet.
When you are struggling to find enough money to get through the month or make ends meet, it an feel as if you are all alone in that effort. Money troubles are internationally universal and experienced by people around the world. Just yesterday I wrote about consumer debt levels increasing in Australia and Canada. The [...]
- Seven Habits of Highly Frugal People
“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Dr. Stephen Covey was first published in 1989 and has sold over fifteen 15 millions books since then, in 38 languages. Covey has since co-authored similar books targeted to highly effective teens, families, and marriages. His writing is positive and inspiring. In one of his most recent [...]
- Financial Literacy For Kids: How To Really Teach Kids How To Manage Money
When I was 8 years old my dad took me into Citibank to open my very first savings account. He said it would teach me the value of a dollar and the importance of saving. I don’t remember how much I started my account with and if I deposited on a regular basis but I [...]
- Three Important Personal Finance Ideas You Can Use Now!
The following guest post was contributed by Dan Boylan. Dan Boylan is a lifelong practitioner of debt free living. He teaches classes out of Fort Wayne, IN at the University of St. Francis. He has a basic belief that all people can live healthy, happy debt free lives. He has spoken at numerous events and [...]
- Five Steps to Pocket Change: How to Persist When Your Finances Get the Best of You
The following guest post was contributed by Heidi Beckman. Heidi is a clinical psychologist and proponent of using the science of personal change to improve financial habits. She has been reading and interpreting research on motivation, persistence, and self-control for the past ten years. She works in a medical setting and loves to help patients [...]
- Half of Americans Tapped Out and Broke. Anyone Surprised?
The National Bureau of Economic Research recently released a paper that looked at the “financial fragility” of households. They determined fragility as the inability to come up with $2,000 in 30 days or less. Approximately one quarter of Americans report that they would certainly not be able to come up with such funds, and an [...]
- Moving Forward Radio Show: Triple Coupon Week
Today I present to you, kind readers, another installment on the Moving Forward Radio Show with Pam Rhode and Amanda Miller! Pam and I have been couponing since about the end of March. We have been learning the ropes and are trying to perfect our styles of couponing. Couponing can be overwhelming but we’re trying [...]
- BillMinder for iPad Review
A recent posting for the latest BillMinder 3 app for the iPhone and new iPad app called BillMinder for iPad got me thinking about finance apps available got me thinking about the different kinds of apps and the reliability of them. For years I’d been using the app “BillTracker” and found it helpful but nothing [...]
- Summer Heat Got You Down And Your Energy Bills Up?
photo © 2006 Braden Kowitz | more info (via: Wylio)It’s summer time! Or darn close to it. Here in the South East it got hot…quick! We’ve had very little time to get used to the heat but here it is and here is shall stay. Everyone I’ve been talking to recently has been cursing about [...]
- Over Half of $1,000 Spent Each Month On Food And Drinks According to Mint.com Users
The folks over at Mint.com and Column Five Media put together a great little video with Akorn Entertainment to show how much users that track their spending on Mint.com spend on food and drinks each month. The video entitled “Eat, Drink and Be Thrifty: Mint.com Monthly Food and Dining Spending” showed an average $581.46 spent [...]
- Tips for Paying Off Holiday Debt
The following guest post was contributed by Bailey Harris. Bailey writes about health insurance quotes and related topics. If you would like to contribute a guest post, click here. Tips for Paying Off Holiday Debt No matter how much you may enjoy the holiday season, it is not unusual to feel a tiny bit of [...]
- WE’RE DEBT FREE!!!! – Video
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- “We Quit” in Debt Settlement and Making Your Finances More Friendly – The Get Out of Debt Guy Show
Revelations in debt settlement tops today’s show. Alex Viecco from New Era Debt Solutions openly talks about his disgust with the current state of debt settlement and why his company boldly and publicly resigned in disgust from The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC). In this show Alex is followed by some exceptional good financial advice [...]