Budgeting

Changing Middle Class Perspectives

When I started writing this blog, I started it for one reason. I hadn’t yet found a good resource for our family type. I even went so far as to list our annual budgeted expenses and lament that there was not a lot of wiggle room for us to lower them. Over the last six [...]

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If You Know You’re Broke, STOP SPENDING

My co-workers are excited about the book I’m writing. They all want to talk about my process and my ideas. I think it’s fabulous to receive such instant feedback, but some of the conversations it has prompted have blown my mind. In the break room yesterday, I was speaking with a woman who is in [...]

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Hiccups and Money Stress

This weekend was a difficult one for me. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the emotional relationship I have with money. I am relieved to have enough money saved that I can replace the tires on my car without worry. If the electric bill is more than expected, there is no financial crisis [...]

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Surprise! Financial Windfalls

Today seems to be the day to discuss Financial Windfalls on the PF blogs. Over at We’re In Debt, the King of Debt posted an interesting question: “What you would do with a windfall of $500,000?”  And over at Get Rich Slowly, JD answers a question from a reader who wants to make sure he [...]

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