I’m someone who tends to *cough* obsess over things. I get interested in something, and there’s no stopping me. I’ll read or listen to every book or podcast I can get my hands on to learn as much as I can but also keep up the momentum. Over the last several years I’ve gotten deeper …
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I’ve been working recently to increase my savings rate. A few years ago, I was saving on average about 25% of my income. Which is good, but I knew I could better. I’d been reading books and listening to tons of podcasts about personal finance and the FIRE movement, and figured some of the principles …
My partner and I have taken to doing periodic no-spend months. The idea here is to commit to not making any purchases outside of necessities for a full month to increase your savings rate. If you haven’t read my post about no-spend challenges, go read that first then come on back. When we do a …
Ever since getting a decent paying job, I’ve been pretty good with tracking my spending. I’ve either been paying down debt or saving aggressively, so I’m always trying to decrease spending and increase savings. That said, I found the biggest change I’ve made to my spending was actually after I adopted more of a minimalist …
So you’re trying to pay off student loans. Been there. And I think I can help. University is expensive. And not all of us have parents that are able to pay our way. For me – my parents saved what they could to help me out, but I think that amounted to $2,500. The rest …
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If you’re at all like me, you’re looking for ways to decrease your spending. Maybe you’re saving money for something specific, or maybe you’re trying to crush your debt. Either way, I commend you for your efforts. Many of us go through life knowing we need to do a better job saving money but never …
