I’ve been wanting to do one of these challenges for awhile and normally only remember halfway through the month. Well, it’s only halfway through the first week so it’s close enough! A Buy Nothing Month is exactly what it says: a month where you buy nothing. Now, I’m a realist. I know there will never be a month where […]
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Monthly Spending Report: July 2015
Ahh July.….. heady days full of sunshine, root beer floats, and splashing around in a pool. I truly love summer. I can’t stand being cold, so the days where the temperatures don’t even dip down below 60 at night are like heaven to me. I lay around, soaking up the sun like a lizard. I’d say like my cat, […]
Budgeting Part II: Details and Automation
It occurred to me the other day that I didn’t really explain how to budget in my post about The Basics of Budgeting. Sure, I listed some really great tools to help you get started, but I just kind of left it at that. Tracking your spending is a fabulous first step. You cannot create a realistic budget without knowing where […]
Rant n Rave: Different Lifestyles and Mega Milestones
Rants: I frequent the /r/financialindependence subreddit pretty much every day. I love the community and sense of camaraderie that comes from other people on the same weird track as me. It’s really great to be able to commiserate about forgetting your lunch or celebrating savings milestones. But. (there’s always a but) I know of no real delicate […]
Is There Such a Thing as Free?
We’ve all seen the ads. “Free Pandora ring!” “Bonus 40,000 miles!” “Free poster!” “Free WiFi!” But are they really free? Now, look at those examples above and look past the bold headline to the small asterisk and even smaller print. “Free Pandora ring!”* (when you buy jewelry over $100) “Bonus 40,000 miles!”* (when you spend $3000 in 3 months) “Free […]
Monthly Spending Report: June 2015
For me, June was a time of new beginnings. I moved to a new apartment in a new town in a new state to start a new job. I’ve been busy settling in, trying to figure out my way around town, and learning tons of new information at my job. Who knew there was so much to learn about databases and […]
