In the first ” Living Paycheck to Paycheck?- How to Get Ahead ” article in the series, I showed you eight things that may be causing you to live paycheck to paycheck. In this second part of the series, I’ll show you some of the things you can do to stop spending more than you […]
How to Budget
How Do You Get Out of Debt? (Part 2)- Make a Budget
In my first “How Do You Get Out of Debt?” post last week, I told you that there are 5 steps to getting out of debt and winning with money. Today we’ll talk about the first step in the process- how to make a budget. The First Step to Get out of Debt Now that […]
Teach Your Kids to Manage Money (6 tips)
Do you teach your kids about how to manage money? Better yet, do you teach your kids about money at all? I’m not talking about just teaching general principles such as “save money” or “don’t spend it all”. I mean are you really teaching them about how to manage money wisely? When they grow up […]
Why Your Budget Doesn’t Work (and What You Can Do About it)
When I speak to people about personal finance and how to budget, there is always at least one person that tells me “I tried it, but my budget doesn’t work”. When they tell me that, they sincerely believe that a written budget just doesn’t work for them, and there must be some better alternative. But […]
How Do You Budget on a Variable Income?
I write a lot about how to do a budget here on Celebrating Financial Freedom. But one important aspect I haven’t covered yet is variable income budgeting. When your income varies from month to month, creating a budget is a slightly different process. But in the end, you get the same results- complete control over […]
How Do I Start a Monthly Budget? (Round 2)
In my first “How Do I Start a Budget ?” post, we started out with the most basic way to start using a budget to keep track of your money, which is to write down every single expense for 30 days. Doing this helps you get a feel for how you manage your money, and […]
