How to Pick a Resolution that Will Actually Stick Tips to Making your Resolution Last It’s that time of year! Resolution time. We usually like to start with some lofty goals and high ideals. It’s the month of extremism and abstinence. I won’t spend money on anything for the whole month. I will stop drinking …
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Why I put $5 a Month into a Retirement Account What should I do if I don’t have enough money to save for retirement? I’ve been working on building an emergency fund. Unfortunately there have been a lot of setbacks which means that its taking me a really, really long time. I don’t make a …
Living Paycheck to Paycheck The thing with living paycheck to paycheck or with being poor is that you don’t have money. Everyone who is reading this is probably scratching their heads because it seems really obvious. And it is very obvious. No money=no money to spend. But there seems to be a subset of the …
Extremism in Personal Finance I just read a whole thread on Twitter “bashing” FIRE and extreme miserliness. The gist was “Why be miserable just to save money?”. It then started veering into the mentality of “If I can’t/don’t want to be miserly then why shouldn’t I spend/waste tons of money?” I rarely get political but …
Shopping with Kids: How To Say “No” How to go Shopping with Kids and Not Lose your Mind or your Temper We’ve all seen it: the kid screaming in the store because they so desperately want the toy that is the only thing that is standing between them and eternal happiness. And the mother, red-faced …
