Overwhelmed by your money? Here’s tips on how to best organize your personal finances with simple steps to take back control. Spring has sprung, and that always has me thinking about spring cleaning! Have you ever considered organizing your financial life part of spring cleaning? Finances can be overwhelming to most of us, papers can…
We’ve all had a financial emergency! Here’s what to do if you’re faced with a large bill, a job loss, or are worried about a recession. Unfortunately a financial emergency can happen to all of us, at any time. We see it all the time, people lose their job, get sick, get in an accident,…
Maybe you’ve never heard this term before, but lifestyle creep, or lifestyle inflation is one thing that could be eating into your savings and taking away your ability to retire. But what is it? And how can we stop it from happening?
Inside: How to pay off your mortgage faster; how to save money on your mortgage; hacks to pay off your mortgage early When I posted that we became debt free in July, I had a few people ask me if we are mortgage free too. In short, no we are not mortgage free, but we…
WE ARE DEBT FREE Holy crap you guys, we have been debt free for one whole week now! Of course I planned on writing this sooner, but the day after we became debt free I left to go to my hometown for a little staycation with my best friend while she was in town. I…
We’ve been on this debt repayment journey for 19 months. In that time we’ve paid off $22,744.34, which is amazing and I’m super proud of us for sticking to this process. That being said, I cannot wait until it is over. Right now our debt is sitting at $3162.30, or about 12% of our original…
There’s been a graphic circulating in the personal finance world the last few days. Recent research shows that the “average american” spends about $18,000 a year on non-essential items like eating out, cable, streaming services and subscription boxes.
It’s been about 3 months since I updated you on our debt repayment journey. And I think this might be the most exciting update yet! We have paid off the National Student Loan! I was so excited when the payment finally came out on April 1. It’s so nice to have that one out of…
This is a guest post by Carmen from Tiny Adventures Journey I’ve always been a frugal person, for as long as I can remember. My dad basically raised us that way. He was always a big influence when it came to budget and spending our money well. So I was very fortunate to have started…
