1) What’s your “frugality story?” In other words, how and why did you become frugal? I went through a bad split up with my kids’ mom a couple of years back. I was making a lot of money (over $100k per year) and had suddenly lost my business because of a change in the economy. [...]
Some “budget tips” are such that they may not really save money. Saving money is more than just buying the item that has a lower sticker price. There are other costs involved that people don’t always examine. How much does it cost to go to a certain store, versus going to the one closer? What [...]
Envelope budgeting is something I have just recently heard of. It’s something that some financial and bankruptcy advisers use for their clients, which I found intriguing, and wouldn’t have thought of myself. What it is, is the person doing the budget each month is working on a cash only budget (no credit cards), and is [...]
It’s always hard to set your total budget plan. Sometimes it’s just the motivation of sitting down and doing the work. Other times it’s the knowing that you will have to truly see how much money you have and how expensive it is just to live in this world. To maybe you just don’t know [...]
As someone who has been through the worst of personal finances and managed to pull back from the brink, I can sure relate to the problems that people can face in personal budgeting. Why did I get into such trouble? Well, let’s just say that I was used to living a fairly simple lifestyle, then married [...]
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