Why Feeling Scarcity Is Good For Your Budget
Feeling scarcity, coupled with the resolve to live debt-free can motivate you to set priorities, get creative and take control of your money.
Add Balance to Your Budget
The best way to have a positive relationship with your budget is to add some balance to it. Not everything in your budget has to be about obligations.
Are You a Victim of Lifestyle Creep?
Ever ask yourself where all of your money went? If you’ve noticed your spending outpacing your income it’s possible you’ve been affected by lifestyle creep.
Teach Your Kids to Budget
The earlier you introduce your kids to the concept of budgeting, the more natural it will be for them to question spending temptations as they get older.
Prevent Emergency Spending with Sinking Funds
I alluded to the idea of sinking funds in my post, Do You Really Need An Emergency Fund? but if you haven’t been budgeting for long, you may be wondering…
What Exactly Is a Sinking Fund?
Unexpected Expenses: A Failure to Plan
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know. Until I started budgeting I never really knew what I was spending. Even after budgeting for years, I’ve…
Do You Really Need an Emergency Fund?
What Exactly Is an Emergency Fund? Almost universal across all personal finance advice is to build up an emergency fund so you don’t get derailed…