“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ― Roy T. Bennett I have been thinking about this post and what to say for several weeks now. When I started the series on the non-essential spending freeze back in April, I …
Full disclosure, I am not 2 days late in my final week post. I decided to draw week four out into this week so that it would cover the last two days of April. It seemed easier than doing a week five post for two days. I will say, as …
As I talked about last week, my follow through seems to be lacking a little bit these days. But we have continued to try to stick it out for our financial challenge month. I will admit, it definitely hasn’t been perfect. I think this week things slid of the rails a bit because …
We have completed the first week of our non-essential spending freeze. If I am being honest, it wasn’t too hard. I think, as with any behavior you are trying to minimize, the perception of deprivation was harder for me than anything else. My husband and I agreed to the freeze and began …
In the spirit of full disclosure, budgeting can be tricky. It is often a word that strikes fear into the hearts of grown adults. People ask what will I have to give up? Or, how boring will my life be when I am budgeting? According to dicitionary.com: Budgetnoun an estimate, often itemized, of expected …
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s that time of year again…the time where people make resolutions about the next year and what they are going to do (or not do) in every aspect of life. And I am sure that some of those resolutions will deal with personal finance. For years, I …
