Finances During Times of Uncertainty Non-essential businesses have been ordered to close across the country. Students are all taking classes online, most restaurants are closed and the few that are open, are for takeout and delivery only. Millions of people have filed for unemployment. Those who work in the…
What is Mindfulness? Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the state of being mindful as “bearing in mind, aware, and inclined to be aware.” I’ve previously shared how mindless I was in my spending habits. I paid my bills and spent the rest. This might sound like I was being…
How to Build Wealth – A Beginner’s Guide to Investing People are terrified of investing. Like they’d rather be summoned to jury duty for a month than risk “losing” their money in the stock market. I blame these fears on the media. Every time you turn on…
Lending Money to Friends and Family Any discussion of lending money to friends and family can be uncomfortable. A call or text message from a loved one in a financial bind can bring on a host of emotions. On one hand you want to help, alternatively, an unpaid loan can…
Saving for FIRE: Not About Deprivation (Guest Post by Rachel from Money Hacking Mama) I “met” Rachel over summer in a blogging course we were both in. Some of the criticisms about that FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement is the sense that it’s a path…
