When It Makes Sense to Just Spend the Money
I never want to hear the words "duvet cover" again. If you're wondering, a duvet cover is a blanket for your blanket. It's a thing you buy when you're an adult and you want a nice, clean bed to sleep in after a long, hard day of work. I'm not down on duvet covers. I...
3 Crucial Money Lessons Learned from “The Big Short”
Right now, in theaters everywhere, there's an entertaining, Oscar-nominated movie brimming with A-list actors, and it's not about an exploding bus or unlikely romance or talking pets. It's about the sub-prime mortgage crisis. It's hard to make a topic like the housing...
The “F” Word and Your Marriage
I was excited when Luke Stansfield over at Finance and Forever pitched this guest post idea to me. As a soon-to-be newlywed, I'll take all the insight I can get about dealing with finances in marriage. I hope you'll enjoy Luke's post as much I as I did. After...
How to Find a Balance Between Seizing the Day and Saving for the Future
Every Christmas, my fiance’s parents make us a big batch of chocolate peanut butter balls, and they’re as delicious as you’d imagine. So delicious, in fact, that the first year they made these for us, I ate the entire bag that night. I was miserable, not only because...
Some of 2015’s Most Powerful Posts About Money
I need to share a brutal truth with you. Sometimes, I get tired of writing about money. Like, really tired of it. Spend less than you earn, save for retirement, blah blah blah. It gets old. I've even vowed to stop writing about it altogether. Yet I keep coming back....
Save Extra Cash With a “Spend to Save” Rule
Saving money isn't easy, especially around this time of year. But one of my favorite hacks to effortlessly save more is to create a "spend to save" rule. Every time you "save" money with a coupon or discount, actually save that money. For example, let's say you get a...
How The “Diderot Effect” Makes You Spend Like Crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6_3tvG4_M The year was 2013. I was in a Target. In the distance, I spy a puffy, bright yellow skirt. I love bright yellow and I love puff, so I had to buy it. After taking it home, I realized: this skirt went with nothing in my...
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Managing your money is like going to the dentist or standing in line at the DMV. Nobody wants to do it, but at some point, it’s inevitable: you need to clean your teeth, renew your license, and manage your money like a grown-up.
