If you need to save $200 fast from your monthly budget, here are 4 stupid simple strategies I used THIS MONTH – even though my budget is pretty tight to begin with. My Strategies to Save $200 Fast I love budgeting. It’s a little weird, I know. But every time it turns over to a new month in YNAB (that’s the budgeting software I use and recommend), I get excited to fill out my … [Read more...] about 4 Stupid Simple Ways to Save $200 Fast
9 Debt Snowball Calculators to Supercharge Your Debt Payoff
Paying off debt is key to managing your finances, and finding a debt snowball calculator you like will make it easy to visualize your debt freedom. But when faced with a stack of debt payment bills, varying interest rates, and payment schedules, many people aren’t sure how to get started. Which debt should you pay first? What happens when you pay something off? How long … [Read more...] about 9 Debt Snowball Calculators to Supercharge Your Debt Payoff
6 Extreme Frugality Rules I’ll Never Follow (and 23 Frugal Tips to Do Instead)
Frugal Tips to the Extreme - Do you love frugal tips? Have you heard of extreme frugality? Thanks to shows like TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates, you might watch fascinated and mildly horrified as people display their examples of extreme frugality and tell tales of budgetary scrimping. After watching someone eat roadkill for dinner or wash their laundry in the shower to avoid … [Read more...] about 6 Extreme Frugality Rules I’ll Never Follow (and 23 Frugal Tips to Do Instead)
Best Free Paid Surveys for 2019
Free Paid Surveys for 2019 If you’ve done any amount of searching online for how to make money, chances are you’ve come across one strategy – taking free paid surveys for cash. Sometimes you’re presented with a list of 30 or so survey companies. But do you really need to sign up with dozens of survey companies to make money online? Best Legit Survey Companies Here’s the … [Read more...] about Best Free Paid Surveys for 2019
11 Books to Read During a No Spend or Save Challenge
Are you planning a no spend or save challenge this year? No spend challenges are a useful financial tool. They help you reset overspending (or just spending patterns), they help you save money in general, they reduce waste, and they can help you meet specific savings goals, such as saving for a car or saving for a child’s college education. Money saving challenges help you … [Read more...] about 11 Books to Read During a No Spend or Save Challenge