Creating and sticking to a budget is one of the most fundamental steps towards achieving financial stability and reaching your financial goals. Whether you’re saving for a big purchase, paying...
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This year I tried tracking monthly credit card usage for fun. This was easy to set up in a spreadsheet and just looked at what months I used each card. (If you are not reading this post at...
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I’ve changed my 2018 budget to better suit my needs. These changes were necessary because my circumstances are constantly evolving. (If you are not reading this post at www.howisavemoney.net...
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Welcome to Money Mondays! (If you are not reading this post at www.howisavemoney.net or in your feed reader, it may have been stolen from my site.) I used to post my financial inflows and outflows...
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Welcome to Money Mondays! It is the first of a new month, which means all the budget categories have reset. We normally get paid on the first business day of the month so I should be getting paid a...
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Welcome to Money Mondays! (If you are not reading this post at www.howisavemoney.net or in your feed reader, it may have been stolen from my site.) I used to post my financial inflows and outflows...
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Welcome to Money Mondays! (If you are not reading this post at www.howisavemoney.net it may have been stolen from my site.) I used to post my financial inflows and outflows on Fridays in the past...
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Welcome to Money Mondays! I used to post my financial inflows and outflows on Fridays in the past but I decided to move this to Mondays instead. I normally go grocery shopping on Sundays after...
Read MoreEvery Friday I post about my finances for the week in an effort to monitor my income and expenses. I used to post all of the actual figures but I have recently decided to stop doing this. I will now post SOME of my actual expenses and leave the rest to your imagination. All income and expenses are recorded in Mint and any...
Read MoreIn the spirit of simplifying life I have once again attempted a simplified budget for this year. When I first started budgeting I had a crazy budget that was extremely detailed I had sub categories within categories and the budget was just really too complicated to sustain for very long. I realized that I needed a simplified...
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I am sure that you all have seen the 52 week money challenge going around. This challenge is where every week you save an amount equal to the week of the year that you are in. This means in week 1...
Read MoreSo I just messed up my one year rolling budget in Mint. It was an accident but it is still a little bit annoying. I got a new credit card…which I will talk about later and since I already had another card from the same provider I thought it would be easy to add it in Mint. I never thought that adding the new card would...
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