by Lisa Whitley | Nov 12, 2021 | Budgeting, How-to Budget, Preventing Future Debt, Spending Habits |
Are you a budgeteer? Are you sure? Perhaps you use one of the many popular apps that track your spending automatically, presenting you with colorful charts of your spending behavior. Clearly you are tracking your spending…but is that the same as having a...
by Gayle Evezich | Oct 14, 2021 | Lifestyle, Preventing Future Debt, Psychology of Money, Spending Habits, Spending Habits |
Do you remember that old saying, “Keeping up with the Joneses?” It’s been a long time since I’ve heard it and I expect it’s because it’s a bit dated. The origin of this idiom is from a comic strip named “Keeping up with the Joneses” that ran from 1913 to 1940 and...
by Lisa Whitley | Sep 14, 2021 | Budgeting, How-to Budget, Lifestyle, Spending Habits |
Otto von Bismarck was the first leader of a unified Germany in 1871, but you may know him as the originator of the phrase “The art of the possible,” which, quite obviously, has everything to do with reducing your spending on food… Let’s step back a bit. When...
by Gayle Evezich | Aug 4, 2021 | Budgeting, How-to Budget, Preventing Future Debt, Psychology of Money, Spending Habits, Spending Habits |
It’s that time of year with festive commercials on repeat, stores full of holiday decorations, music and alluring aromas, and conversations turning to gifts. It’s hard not to be in the holiday spirit and buy, buy, buy. The pressure to get just the right gift can be...
by Lisa Whitley | Mar 24, 2021 | Credit, Spending Habits |
Lisa Whitley — You have heard it before, and so forgive me for repeating the point: When you pay with cash, you are less likely to overspend. You need not believe me; there is ample research behind this. And yet… Are you the classic credit card “convenience”...
by Kristen Ahlenius | Mar 16, 2021 | Budgeting, Lifestyle, Spending Habits, Spending Habits, Trending Topics |
Kristen Ahlenius — The third round of stimulus either hit your bank account this weekend, will deposit sometime this week, or is headed to your mailbox shortly. Since the last round of stimuli it’s likely your financial stability has changed (for better or worse)....
