Looking for "The Automatic Millionaire" summary? Here's a one-page cheat sheet for yousummarizing the classic personal finance book. If you've never read the classic $$$ book, "The Automatic Millionaire" by David Bach, today you luck out and get a cheat sheet on it to tide you over until you wise up ;) The winner of it from our giveaway just emailed me saying she devoured
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10 Resolution Ideas for 2020
Morning! WalletHub just came out with their 10 financial resolutions they recommend in the new year, and thought some of them were pretty good. Particularly for those just starting out in their journeys. Any of these strike your fancy? #1. Repay 20% of your credit card debt If you have none, and/or are a baller, go for 20% of your mortgage! #2. Add one month’s
Will this $1,000 matter when I’m financially free?
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
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
