by Damian Dunn | Dec 16, 2020 | Budgeting, How-to Budget, Preventing Future Debt, Psychology of Money, Spending Habits, Spending Habits |
Lisa Whitley — Seriously, why? Everyone tells you that you should have a budget. But if it is such a great thing to have, then wouldn’t everyone do it happily without being prodded by people like me? I believe that the thing that often stands between knowing that...
by Brent Lyle | Dec 6, 2020 | Budgeting, Psychology of Money |
Kristen Ahlenius — A few months ago on social media a challenge gained a lot of traction. Parents and guardians set up a camera to record just how disciplined their children were, or in most cases, how disciplined they weren’t. The majority of parent scientists used...
by Damian Dunn | Nov 9, 2020 | Budgeting, Lifestyle, Spending Habits, Spending Habits |
Kristen Ahlenius — We need to talk. You probably spend too much money on food. Your regular grocery shopping, intermittent specialty shopping, and a miscellaneous mid-week trip because you ran out of bread; this adds up. But we’re not done. You also spend money on...
by Damian Dunn | Nov 4, 2020 | Credit, Psychology of Money, Spending Habits |
Lisa Whitley — Why pay more when you could pay less? It doesn’t seem logical and yet many do this when taking on debt. Even when lower cost borrowing alternatives are available, often consumers prefer using high interest rate credit cards. I just read a...
by Damian Dunn | Sep 9, 2020 | Student Loans, Student Loans & College Savings, Student Loans & College Savings |
Written by Kristen Ahlenius On August 8th President Trump extended the student loan administrative forbearance as a response to COVID-19 crisis. This extension provides forbearance through the end of the calendar year. In addition, loan interest rates will remain at...
by Brent Lyle | Aug 4, 2020 | Retirement & Investing, Savings, Student Loans, Student Loans & College Savings, Student Loans & College Savings |
Lisa Whitley — Have you ever read research that humans are actually pretty bad at multitasking? Instead of doing one thing well when we give it our undivided attention, we end up doing a bunch of things poorly? I am here to tell you that while this is undoubtedly true...