Small Spending Habits Can Damage Your Budget Small spending habits, have an cumulative effect which can make a big difference in your budget. It’s not about the occasional minor purchases or even one daily spending routine. (I had one client who had to make at least one small purchase under $5 every working day. That’s […]
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What’s the One Lesson I Need to Teach My Kids About Money? I was recently asked this question by friend and a mom. She wanted to know, what one concept should she teach her kids about money. She, like so many parents, feels she is not good with money. So, even passing down anything related […]
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Dealing with Your Partner’s Debt Surprise: Your Partner has Debt Committed relationships can have many surprises. Sometimes, it catches you completely off-guard, such as discovering your partner has debt that you and your partner did not know about. This article is about my personal experience with unexpected debt that was in collections under my husband’s […]
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Teach My Kids About Earning and Spending Decide this is the summer to start teaching my kids about money More than any other time of the year, summer, offers lots of opportunities to teach kids about money. In the summer, you and your kids are not focused on school and extracurricular activities. There is time […]
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How to Fix 5 Common Budgeting Excuses Personal budgeting, typically, is usually high on the list of things we don’t want to do. Because it is something we don’t want to do, there are all sorts of budgeting excuses. Sadly, these excuses can prevent us from addressing our personal finance challenges. This article will address […]
Read MoreSpending Too Much on Your Home
Are You Spending Too Much on Your Home? I recently wrote about how home renovations can cause your monthly housing expenses can cause your housing expenses to tip over 50% of your take-home pay. The cost of the renovation or remodeling can and likely will cost more than you expect. In addition, you will likely […]
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