I am not even one year into single motherhood and although I have already experienced a wide range of emotions and frustrations, I know my journey has just begun. My number one goal is and always will be to look out for the best of interests of my daughters. I’m not perfect, I’m not a super hero, and I know that I have already made many mistakes. But before I make any major decisions I try to ...
How to Successfully Negotiate a Raise
Its women’s money week! Today’s topic is increasing income. If you would like to read all of the great posts by women money bloggers on this topic you can find the full list here. It’s no secret that women still make less money than men. Although there are a lot of factors that seem to play into this, negotiating raises is one of the biggest. There are tons of potential ways to increase your ...
It’s Friday!
It’s Friday! I feel like I have finally got back on track this week. I completed the rest of my work from job #2 and I can now officially say I am down to one day job. This means it’s time for my three month freelancing experiment. I got a lot accomplished this week and things are looking up! Weekend Reads I recently finished Jon Acuff’s book Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job ...
The Next Step – An Investment Property
{Photo Credit} Ever since I have been making financial goals, investing in real estate has been high up on my list. I have been thinking about what I want to do with my savings money after I complete my emergency fund. It would seem logical that I would want to save to buy a house, but honestly as long as I can keep my electrical bill under control, my current living situation really isn’t too ...
How to Fall In (And Get Out) of Ruts
Sometimes I fall into what I like to call “ruts”. It doesn’t happen often and when it does it usually never lasts more than a week. But during these few days I feel like a blanket of depression engulfs me. There is usually nothing obvious that brings it on and sometimes it takes me a day or so to even realize that I am in one of these spells. I am, for the most part, a pretty positive person. A ...
Rejection: Friend or Foe?
When I started my first blog nearly two years ago I had no clue what I was getting into. I thought I will throw up some posts about how you can save money with coupons, people will come, and I’ll be rolling in the dough! ;) A couple months after starting the blog I realized – this is going to take a lot of work. With all of the reading I had done I determined that the best way for me to get any ...