Happy Memorial Day! I hope y’all are enjoying your long weekend. I’ve been thinking about finances a lot and more importantly, about getting mine straightened back up. As you know I’ve been blowing my extra money lately and need to stop, pronto. So I started thinking of what financial goals I should (and want to work on.) But I’ve hit a fork in the road. (You’ll see why.) But first let ...
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4 Things I’m Doing to Save Money Right Now
My income has slowly increased over the last three or four months. So, you’d think that I’d have saved those extra few hundred dollars, right? Wrong. I haven’t actually put any money in my savings account for a while. I feel like something has come up every single month. In February there was a death in the family so I ate out all month long. In April I threw an Easter party for the kids in my ...
How Do Single Moms Afford to Live? {Here’s How}
“How do single moms afford to live?” This is a question that most new single moms ask. When you go from a two income family or a situation where your significant other was the breadwinner, the new single life is tough. The internet is floating around with answers like “budget” and “don’t use credit cards.” While those answers aren’t bad, they really aren’t practical either. My guess is that if ...
Get a Freelance Writing Job: Choosing a Writing Market & Topic
When it comes to freelance writing the type of work you do is virtually limitless. And, because of this it can be hard to choose. Just to give you an idea here are some of the choices you have: Blogs Business Websites Magazines, Trade Journals Copywriting (brochures, email newsletters, website copy, other marketing materials) And in each of these categories the topic you write ...
6 Financial Tips for the Job Search
When you are looking for a job, you get into a financial vicious circle, as you look for a job to have a better financial situation, but you have to be on a budget until you find a perfect working place for you. Here are six tips for you to follow if you want to budget during your search and cover all your bills and provide you with essentials. Be Honest about Your Finances When you create a ...
5 Money Making Ideas for Stay at Home Moms
Being a stay at home mom has a lot of rewards for a mother, but most women think this means sacrificing an income or even a career. This is simply not true. In today’s age of the Internet, more people than ever before are working from their homes. There are many advantages to this such as convenience, saving on transportation and saving on commuting time. For mothers, it means saving on day care ...