Back in September, I went on a trip  for two weeks with my sister. We didn’t have much internet access, and during our trip, I remembered something incredibly important that I had failed to do before we left. I forgot to pay for my car insurance. Bummer! Because of this silly mistake, I lost the loyalty discount that I had with my insurance company. Luckily, that was one of several ways that I had saved money on my car insurance over...

You want a car. Okay, maybe not. How about a vacation? The beach sounds lovely right now, considering the window that my desk faces has a view that is rain, rain, and more rain. Maybe you want to save for your child’s education. That’s really not a fun thing to think about, but hey, start early, right? Anyway, no matter what you’re saving up for, today we’re going to look at three things you can do to help you out with the...

A budget is really nothing but a spending plan. You may find yourself struggling with an unrealistic plan to save tons of money when what you really need to do is spend more wisely. If you think that you can meet your financial goals without some sort of a spending plan, you will find yourself very disappointed. Regardless of whether you make a hundred dollars a week or a million, the key ingredient to successfully making your money work...

Raise your hand if you think saving is a good idea? Now out of everyone who raised their hand, keep your hand up if you actually save. Here is where almost everyones hands go down. When you ask anyone to save a certain amount of their pay check, they will most likely agree that it is a great idea but they claim they can’t because they’re already pushing their limit within their budget. To save money from your current income will...

Lately, I’ve been listening to this audio book called the “Automatic Millionaire” by David Bach, and let me tell you that it’s awesome. I recommend this audio book to everyone, it’s a great read/listen, whichever you prefer. So while I was listening to it, I noticed some cool things that I thought I wanted to share with you. When it comes down to it there are 6 approaches to wealth. Here they are. Win it. For...

I have a friend who has been keeping his receipts for as long as I can remember. I guess you can say that he’s a receipt freak. He keeps them to enter into his money tracking system to keep track of his budget. This is all very understandable and some what commendable for being so organized but I asked him, “why not just use your debt card like I do and keep track of your spending that way”. He replied ” because I...