by Andi B. | Debt Repayment, Green, Kid-Friendly, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Simple Steps to Frugality
In Step 3 of Simple Steps for Frugality, we talked about getting the most bang for your frugal buck. What are the quickest ways you can slash your expenses so that you don’t lose momentum? Since everyone has different spending in different categories, here are...
by Andi B. | Debt Repayment, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Simple Steps to Frugality
by a.b.Don’t worry. The most brutal part is over. You had, as my father would say, a “come to Jesus” moment and decided to make some positive changes in your life, and involved your financial partners. You took a long (hopefully not too painful) look...
by Andi B. | Debt Repayment, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Simple Steps to Frugality
by a.b.The saying goes: “To know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve been.” In Step 1, you decided something isn’t right in your life. You set a goal, a reason why you want financial freedom, you committed, and you involved...
by Andi B. | Couples, Debt Repayment, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Simple Steps to Frugality
by a.b.So you’ve decided your life needs to change. You’re tired of taking orders from your boss who failed up the corporate ladder, but your credit card payments force you to stay. You dream of a life of freedom, traveling the world to new and exotic...
by Andi B. | Debt Repayment, Personal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
by a.b.Thank you to Liz Weston for interviewing me for her piece on financial dread. I guess I’m no longer even semi-anonymous (no worries), but I figure in a week no one will remember my name anyway. Heck, I can hardly remember it now.Some of the commenters had...
by Andi B. | Debt Repayment, Personal, Personal Finance, Unemployment
Thank you to Studenomics for including this article in the Carnival of Money Hacks!by a.b.Recently, I’ve encountered a $1200 expense that flew out of nowhere. I am choosing to pay this in installments (potentially on a credit card), instead of dipping into my...