February Budget Recap – How to Buy a Wedding Dress and Invest at the Same Time.
We are officially 2 months into 2023 and I feel like we are getting through Q1 at a great pace. My spending this past month reflected this. February was filled…
I Didn’t Track my Spending in January: Here’s How it Went.
2022 came and went with so many financial highs and lows. It almost feels like the great bull run is a distant memory. This past year also introduced some new…
9 Sneaky ways to Save Money with a Small Income.
The US endeavored an inflation rate up to 7.5% this past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With numbers like that, there isn't a choice in how we…
Why Exchange Traded Funds are a great Investment
The market is currently going through a volatile run, and it has every body discussing which stocks are doing well and not so great. Times like this in the market…
7 Ways That you (Unknowingly) Ruin Your Credit!
How old were you when you realized that you should probably start to monitor your credit? For full disclosure, I really did not jump on the bandwagon until I graduated…
How Growing up Poor Changes you in Adulthood
Most of my childhood was spent sharing things six ways, (including a $40,000 income before taxes at one point). Growing up in rural Champaign Urbana, there weren’t…
4 Habits that are Keeping you Poor
According to CNBC.com 78 percent of US workers report living paycheck to paycheck. The biggest assumption is that this happens due to working wages being too low in comparison…
How the Rich get Richer (And How You Can Too).
We hear people giving similar advice everywhere in the personal finance world. “Save your money”, “Create an emergency fund”, “keep some money in the bank.” However, being rich takes actionable…
April Financial Wins and Net-worth Update
April was an AMAZING month full of financial wins! These wins include Debt paydown, Investment portfolio progress, and overall net-worth updates. I am super excited to share the progress of…
3 Financial Rules that I don’t Subscribe to
There are numerous financial rules and beliefs pushed on us by society. And to be frank, I am over it. Don't get me wrong, the financial community has provided a…
