If you are an entrepreneur or want to take control of your finances, this is a great time to be alive. From creating passive income, to money-saving tools, here are a few ways to help your family grow your wealth.
If you find yourself struggling to find a job that’s right for you but still need to pay the bills and support your family, know that you are not alone. With over 6 million people unemployed in the United States as of March 2022, it’s clear that many people still find ways to have a…
Knowing how to properly manage your money should be a prioritized skill in your life. Budgeting with a regular paycheck can be tough on its own, throw no income on that instead, and it can shape up to be a real problem. So what can you do to budget better without an income?
KNOW YOUR…
Shopping is like a scavenger hunt these days!
I cannot believe the bare shelves I find in every store I have been to in the past couple of weeks. The Coronavirus has ignited a stunning surge of shopping and hoarding. I often find myself standing and gaping at the empty shelves as I try to process…
I have a confession to make.
It is kind of embarrassing, actually. I am a total FOODIE. I mean I love food. Grocery shopping is my all time favorite kind of shopping. I just love walking down all of the aisles and looking at all of the different types of food. I imagine making, and…
We are well into 2019 now and it has already been an eventful and surprising year for us!
The check engine lights came on in both of our cars, my washing machine broke down, our daughter turned 16 at the end of 2018 and is driving so our insurance jumped way up. It is crazy…
I never liked budgeting my money
If I really wanted something, I got it and figured out how to make the ends meet later. Until Ron went to prison. It was then that I had to learn how to budget my money - and I had to learn it quickly. Read more about my…
Prison brings a lot of financial stress.
The list of expenses can go on forever - attorneys, gas for visits, food for visits, phone calls, emails, letters, food and sundry boxes. Whew! That is a lot of extra spending for anyone, but especially for us families left with only one income while our husbands are in…
For most of us, spending our money is way more fun than budgeting our money.
We view budgeting as something we have to do and spending as something we get to do. We equate sticking to a budget with responsibility, while we look at the act of spending money as frivolous. But, maybe it doesn’t…
