This post is part of the TaxACT #DIYtaxes blog tour which shares stories and tips about doing your own taxes and how it makes you smarter about the overall health of your finances. Do your own taxes today at TaxACT. You got this. I’ve always done my own taxes. Even now that I have a slightly more complex situation I still prefer to do my own taxes. I also do both of my brother’s taxes, Jamie’s ...
5 Low Cost Home Based Business Ideas
Want to start a home based business? Thanks to the internet there are so many options when it comes to starting low cost businesses that it’s sometimes hard to figure out where you should start. Today I want to share with you five home based business ideas that I have personally tried. ...
Earning More or Spending Less: When You Should Focus on Earning More
We all go through different stages in our personal finance journey. Five years ago I was in the “spend less” crowd. I was maxed out at my day job. I was only 24 and I knew that I was making the most money I’d ever make in the position I was in. That was about $20,000 per year. ...
How to be the CEO of Your Own Life
The following is a guest post from Zenobia. The distance between the daily, messy, just-trying-to-get-through-the-day lives of the average single mother and the powerful CEOs of major companies looks huge from where most of us are standing. What does it mean to be CEO of your life when you can barely get your toddler to put on their shoes and you haven’t washed your hair in days because of ...
Freelancing is NOT Feast or Famine
The most frequently asked questions in regards to this blog are work from home related. How to get jobs. What kind of work to do. How to get paid. Etc. And one common misconception with freelancing is that it’s feast or famine. That’s just not true. ...
Graduate University Costs Being Paid by Parents
Even after graduation, many parents are now faced with having to continue to financially support their children. The fee system for paying for university costs was first introduced in 1998 and since then, they have radically increased making the cost for gaining higher education hugely expensive and unobtainable for many. The latest rise in fees came in 2012, which has led to the average amount of ...