Most of us have an iconic and memorable first-time-on-a-bike story. Maybe your story starts with a slow-motion wreck in the yard but ends with a smooth sail down a hill, wind in your hair. Think about what happened between the beginning and ending of that story, though. Somewhere along the way as you were learningContinue reading “What to Expect in Your First 3 Months of Budgeting”
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How to Set and Reach Your Financial Goals
A goal is a wish your heart makes . . . when you’re wide awake and ready to start getting life done. Part of being an adult is realizing there’s no fairy “goal-mother” with magic dust who makes wishes come true—which is good, because it also means your dreams won’t turn into pumpkins at midnight.Continue reading “How to Set and Reach Your Financial Goals”
10 Ways to Reward Yourself That Won’t Bust Your Budget
You’ve been plugging away for months creating zero-based budgets, logging your transactions, paying down debt, and saving up for emergencies. Maybe you’ve been budgeting for years. Maybe this entire budgeting concept is completely new to you. In any case, if you’ve been working hard at crushing those goals, it’s time to reward yourself. You know what theyContinue reading “10 Ways to Reward Yourself That Won’t Bust Your Budget”
12 Budgeting Tips to Help You Win With Money
You’ve started budgeting. Three cheers for you! This is a huge step—and the most important—in making those money goals a reality. Maybe it’s going well. Maybe it’s hard. Maybe it’s somewhere in between. Wherever you are on the comfort-and-ease-of-budgeting scale, we’re always here for you. And we’ve got 12 solid tips at the ready to helpContinue reading “12 Budgeting Tips to Help You Win With Money”
How to Find Contentment
It’s time to talk about how to find contentment. Why? Because this important attitude can help you on your budgeting journey and in life. What Is Contentment? Contentment isn’t as much the buzzword these days as happiness, joy, or even gratitude. But it should be, because it encompasses them all and even goes one stepContinue reading “How to Find Contentment”
How to Stop the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Ever catch yourself counting down the days until your next paycheck? Maybe you decided to take out a store credit card for the 20%-off shopping day and the bill just came in. Or maybe your “check engine” light is on and you’re dreading the repair. Either way, that paycheck can’t come fast enough—and might notContinue reading “How to Stop the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle”
How to Create a Wedding Budget
In the olden days, marriage began with a herd of goats, a small ceremony with a minister to make it official, a prim church organist banging out “Canon in D,” and maybe a potluck to celebrate the nuptials. But today, marriage begins with more pomp and circumstance. In fact, it’s a giant to-do—which comes with a giantContinue reading “How to Create a Wedding Budget”
How Much Does a Wedding Cost?
So how much does a wedding cost? The short answer is $38,700.(1) The long answer is thirty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars. But what does that include? What should you be prepping to pay for the most magical day of your entire life? The list of possible wedding costs has as much length to it as theContinue reading “How Much Does a Wedding Cost?”
What Is Zero-Based Budgeting?
Whether you’ve just started budgeting or you’ve been at it for years, you may find yourself in this predicament: You think you’re keeping up with your money, but some of it seems to grow wings and flutter out the window at night when you’re sound asleep. Do you need some sort of anti-wing-sprouting spray forContinue reading “What Is Zero-Based Budgeting?”
50/20/30 Rule: Is It the Best Budget?
Here’s an interesting nugget of info: 70% of Americans say their financial planning needs improvement.1 Yet, 60% of Americans don’t budget.2 That means people see they have a problem—but aren’t working the solution. Why? Often, they’re busy, afraid to look into their money situation, or at a loss for where to begin. Budget methods abound, andContinue reading “50/20/30 Rule: Is It the Best Budget?”
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