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Continuing to Simplify

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The above is a saying that I have always loved. That doesn’t mean that I’ve always been organized, but I like the idea of having a designated place for things and keeping the things in that place so they are not only out of the [...]

Snowflaking your life

If you’ve been reading finance blogs for a while, you know about the idea of debt snowflaking, and probably about its younger cousin, savings snowflaking. The theory behind the snowflaking method is that no amount is too small. Find a dollar on the floor? Put it towards your debt. Make $3 [...]

Taking time to save money

I admit that I’m not the smartest shopper when it comes to groceries and other household items. Sure, if I happen to catch a sale, I might stock up slightly. But note the words: “happen to catch.” That’s right, I very rarely look for sales. It’s just not something I do. [...]

What to stimulate

Last week, I got the notice in the mail that I would be receiving my stimulus check soon. I mentally plugged the extra $600 into my budget and pondered what I would do with the money.

Sadly, I don’t have anything exciting planned. I didn’t budget well this month for my upcoming vacation and [...]

YF&B Update

So the original plan was to have two more chapter reviews in the queue for posting while I was on vacation.

Obviously, since you’re reading this, that didn’t happen. But I do have entries written and scheduled to post while I’m gone. I’ll be back after Memorial Day, and chapter reviews will resume on May 31st.

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