Sometimes families that are surviving on one income are not doing so by choice. People always seem to think that when others are in certain situations, it was done by choice. Some single income households come about because the sole breadwinner is in a financial position to support the entire family quite comfortably. But some […]

The end of the year is here and you have a few hours left to get your end of year personal finance must dos in order. There are several websites that provide excellent and detailed suggestions that will help you to start the new financial year on the right foot. Below you will see some […]

Merry Christmas to you and yours! Because getting our personal finances in order can be a chore, my gift to you this year is some of the best financial lessons from Christmas movies. To be honest, I’m not the most cheery and merry elf on the shelf, but I love a good Christmas movie. There […]

I think that I’ve written before about the importance of taking baby steps to get to your desired point in life. I firmly believe that when you take a goal and break it down into actionable mini missions, it’s very easy to cross that goal off as accomplished and move on to the next one. […]

It’s time to stop living paycheck to paycheck especially if you are fully employed and you have the ability to do better with your money. Some of us are genuinely struggling to eat each month and we are not in a position to do better at this time. But if you choose to make bad […]

Do you understand the definition of net worth? If you follow many other personal finance blogs, you may see bloggers posting about their net worth. The really in depth net worth reports will go into detail about what makes up the calculation. You can easily calculate your net worth by subtracting your total liabilities from […]

As we say goodbye to an old year and welcome a shiny new year, many people are making personal finance resolutions. I’m not really a fan of calling them resolutions, because I look at them as goals that you will be working towards. The best approach to making your personal finance resolutions stick is look […]