What Is Net Worth and How To Calculate It

Posted on: July 17, 2018 at 11:24 am, in:

You might be wondering “what is net worth?”. One of my goals for last month was to figure out our net worth. I had heard the term many times in the personal finance world, and I knew basically what it was, but I had no idea what my net worth actually was. I also didn’t […]

9 Months Of Debt Gone!

Posted on: June 19, 2018 at 8:33 pm, in:

We declared war on out debt 9 months ago. It doesn’t seem that long ago but time flies whether you want it to or not! In that time I’ve gone to Las Vegas, we’ve done some yard work around our home, and now we’re planning our next big trip to Disney World! But we’ve also […]

Why Personal Finance Should Be Taught In School

Posted on: June 5, 2018 at 12:39 pm, in:

I’ve been out of high school now for about a decade. I think it’s natural over time to realize that they didn’t teach us everything we should know before heading out into the world on our own. We simply didn’t know what we didn’t know. If you had a job in high school you probably […]

What Our Budget REALLY Looks Like

Posted on: May 15, 2018 at 10:29 pm, in:

If you’ve been following along our journey, you know that I created our super simple budget back in October. This is the first time I’ve made a budget that actually works, and it’s because I create a new budget for every month. I am happy to announce that I don’t hate budgets anymore! It’s really […]