Today’s post is a guest feature from Hannah Harvey! Please enjoy! Still relying on the bank of mom and dad to get you by each month? Many young people are, but we encourage you to cut the reigns and be financially independent before you hit the big 3-0. Relying on parents for money has … More Guide to Being Financially Happy When You Reach Age 30!
NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure page for more information. I prefer to keep everything in my financial life as simple and transparent as possible and Simple has definitely made that more possible for me this year! At the start of this year, I wanted to transition into all online banking … More Banking, you ask? I keep it Simple
Today’s post is a guest feature by Michael from SuperMillennial.com! Enjoy! We’ve all seen the shirts, memes, or images of “couples that run together stay together.” Or “couples that laugh together stay together.” Or my favorite “couples that train together stay together.” Well the new one should be “Couples that talk about money together stay … More How To Talk About Money With Your Significant Other
Not that I recommend this, but sometimes it happens. Such is my life at this moment. Summer always feels like a season for new or majorly changing things in my life. School ends for the summer, moving home or to some new place, and reconnecting with old friends all seem to be some of my … More On Quitting a Job Without a Backup Plan!
To this “Broke Twenty-Something,” financial health means flexibility. For me, this June has been an absolute epic month. I’ve been bouncing a few freelance projects, directing a kids show, and LEAVING MY FULL-TIME JOB. Feel free to gasp. I’ve gasped and cried many times about it all. I made the choice at the beginning of the … More #FinHealthMatters – What Financial Health Means to Me…
NOTE: Today’s post comes to you from Phil Bradford since I’m currently on vacation and away from a computer! Please enjoy! Planning a budget after retirement is not at all an easy task. You need to reshuffle the whole budget that you have been following for all these years. You’ve to make changes in … More Cook up a perfect budget for your grey hair days in 2016!
It is no secret that the financial crunch of the last decade has hit seniors, particularly retirees, quite hard. We won’t belabour the details such as fixed pensions, inflation, and the like, as they have been discussed ad nauseum in myriad other forums. Rather, we will endeavour to find a few creative means by which … More Creative Ways for Seniors to Economise
…and now I’m aware that rhymes…hmph. I know I’m opening a huge can of worms with this one, but I’ll completely stand behind my theory. First, let me say that I agree with AUTOMATING YOUR SAVINGS. It’s something I make sure to do myself – retirement and emergency savings are automatically pulled out of my … More I HATE to Automate!
One of the problems with being in debt is that when you’re trying to live frugally you’re all the more tempted to make the silly purchases you don’t need. One of the best ways to avoid these frivolous purchases and make ends meet is by setting yourself an annual budget and making sure to stick … More Setting up an Annual Personal Budget and How to keep to it
One more BROKE TWENTY-SOMETHING 