I’ve teamed up with State Farm® to talk about tips on saving for your child’s education. I received compensation for this post, and all opinions are my own. As I mentioned in my previous post Tips on Saving for Your Child’s Education it’s never too early to start saving….
I’ve teamed up with State Farm® to talk about tips on saving for your child’s education. I received compensation for this post, and all opinions are my own. This coming week, my baby girl turns one and I am completely in denial. Everyone always told me just how…
I tried for years with many, many attempts at budgeting, without much success. You’ve been there too, right? I would throw numbers down on a sheet of paper and then fumble my way through the month unsure each day where my bank balance should be and how each bill…
You’d like to help your children pay for college, but tucking away a bit here and there for a college savings can feel like you’re not even scratching the surface of that tuition fees your child will face. These hacks are ways you can greatly reduce or supplement…
There are several important events in a person’s life that can be very exciting, but also very expensive. Why take away from the excitement with the worry about where the money will be coming from? Start planning for those milestones and working toward saving for them today. That way,…
Being a good steward over your finances is hard. Many of us find ourselves living paycheck to paycheck. There never seems to be enough money to cover our living costs no matter how much we are making. Our paychecks seem to be overcome by our debts. Take control…
If you are like me, life moves fast. I am a mom of three young kids and I find that everything seems to pile up pretty quickly around here. Paper especially. When I saw that Adobe had released a new Document Cloud I thought, “That would be handy…
Wondering where to invest your money and how to plan for the future? I’ve created a free Investment Plan worksheet to help you consider the various ways to invest your extra income each month. Everyone’s plan will be completely different, so this planner can be a starting point…
Paying off your last debt and yelling out “I’m Debt Free!!” Is one of the best feelings in the world. We took a full year and worked as hard as we possibly could to pay off all of our debts. That was over 2 years ago, and it…
I first read about cash flow in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. He talked in his book about managing your positive and negative incomes. While I don’t have the capital to have lots of rental properties as he talked about in the book, I applied his principle…
One easy way to get your finances organized easily is with a monthly bill payment checklist. Jot down all the bills that come through in a typical month and organize them by due date. This simple spreadsheet is a perfect overview of your monthly bill payments and can…
When I first got married, I was completely clueless about how to manage and budget my income. It left our family living paycheck to paycheck and always wondering where our money was going. When we finally started budgeting and taking control of our personal finances like where our…