I've saved this note in my emails for a couple years now, and re-stumbled across it again this morning when tidying up: "Will this $1,000 matter when I'm financially free?" I blurted it out in response to a reader getting hit with some unexpected pet bills hoping it would ease the sting a little, and while I'm not sure it did, interestingly it has helped *me* over the years
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Pop Quiz: Are you financially better off *today* than you were at the start of the year?
Came across this test by WorkableWealth.com and thought it was a great exercise to do today :) Are you better off right now than you were when the year started? Answer these 6 questions: Did you increase your net worth? Did you reduce your debt? Are you tracking your spending and keeping a budget? Did you reach a savings goal? Did you ask for and/or
12 More #Money Ideas to Try
Morning, beautiful people!! Got a handful of new tips to share with y'all from our community this morning :) I keep a running document over the year that I copy/paste the gems into as I come across them, and then every few months I dump them all out for others to (hopefully) be motivated by too. So here's the latest dumping! Courtesy of your fellow readers here, and
A wild story on real estate investing, stock picking, and pushing through life’s occasional chaos
Here's a great tale of the trials and tribulations real estate investing can bring, particularly when you're overly ambitious ;) Big ups to long time reader of the blog, Doug, here for spilling it all out for us today... You live a wild and exciting life, my man! I admire the boldness! Haha... ******* I bought my first house right after graduating from college. I was
30+ Other Names for “Debt”
So this list was a lot harder to put together than our money one :) Apparently there's a lot less synonyms for debt than there is moolah which was surprising? (Though really *anything* that goes along with "SUCK" can easily be substituted here, haha...) For Kari, who challenged me to come up with this list... A bunch of other words for "debt": Albatross Baggage
D.A.R.E! [to stay away from debt]
It's D.A.R.E. Week at my kids' school this week, and after hearing the song they're learning I noticed it sounded much better with "debt" swapped in there instead of "drugs" ;) Here's the song, tell me I'm not wrong? ******* I Will Dare People can tell me what they've done. Maybe some things. Maybe none. But people can't tell me what to do. I will choose the way
“I should have started tracking sooner…”
Morning! Remember our post on those 3 fails of mine because I didn't listen to my dad years ago?? Well our friend Amy here has me beat, haha... And the only way I'm allowed to laugh at that is because the story came out somewhat well in the end ;) Yet another reminder though to always listen to your parents!! AND TO TRACK THAT MONEY!!! ****** J. I should
How Getting Sober Changed My Life — and My Money
[Good morning!!! I want to share a powerful story by a friend of mine, and new(ish) blogger on the scene, Deanna from Recovering Women Wealth, who's not only found her path towards financial freedom, but freedom from the devil's work too. A beautiful, and positive!, person putting herself out there in hopes of inspiring others! Thank you Deanna!!! And huge congratulations on it
Having a hard time paying off debt? Try a Money Board!!
Here's a new idea for you today if you're having a dickens of a time paying off debt... It was dropped on our post the other day on those money notebooks, and as soon as I saw it I immediately had fingasms... (That's right - I said fingasms!!) For budgeting, I’ve used excel and now YNAB. Pretty boring stuff. But the real magic is in my money board, where I track the current
Meet Miguel – an Immigrant Who Became a Multi-Millionaire Without Any Help or Money
Good morning!! Was talking back and forth with a reader of the blog here, and the more we got into it the more I realized just how powerful his story is. Many of us come from a solid upbringing with plenty of opportunities to easily take advantage of, but Miguel here is proof that even without any privilege you can still succeed – and well!!! – with good grit and
