Today I have a guest post by my blog friend and fellow freelance blogger, Cat Alford. I first got serious about saving money in 2012. Unfortunately, I had to experience a rock bottom moment for me to actually get the motivation I needed to organize my finances once and for all. I’ve told the story a few times before, but basically I was in the Wal-Mart checkout line with a massive pile of ...
Why You Need to Know Your “Enough”
I don’t know how this happened but I have never read Your Money or Your Life until now. This is pretty strange considering I’ve read every single personal finance book my library has. (Seriously!) But apparently they never had this one. While I don’t particularly love everything about this book (I do believe it’s great for anyone just starting to work on their finances though) there’s one point ...
4 Ways to Save Money on Food
One of my goals for the year that I hadn’t shared on the blog was to try and save money by living a more natural lifestyle. And for me that means cutting out all fast food. (Now don’t get me wrong – it’s very likely that you’ll catch me in a Long Horn or Red Lobster at least a few times this year but drive thrus? I’m swearing you off.) A big part of my living more natural to save money has to ...
How I Save Money: Conquering the Money Mindset
This post is part of the TaxACT How I Save blog tour which teaches you ways to keep more money in your pocket. Last year, TaxACT saved America over $240 million on tax preparation. How much can you save? To learn more about tips and strategies on saving, click here. We’ve been talking about strategies to save money over the last week and we’ll cover many more over the next week. ...
Your Attitude Determines Your Outcome
Over the last couple of months I’ve offered to help more than a dozen women try to find work from home jobs. However, out of those dozen there’s only one of them that I know of who has actually taken my advice. From this experience and from my own growing pains over the past few years I’ve determined that it all comes down to attitude. If you think you can do something then you can surely do ...
Ways to Lower Your Fixed Expenses
Today we’re going to be looking for ways to lower your fixed expenses. The beauty in doing this is that you only have to do the work once to reap the benefits all year long. Plus you’ll create some room in your budget that can be used for more important things. Are you ready to look at ways to lower your fixed expenses? ...