You might be a shopaholic and not even realize it. Just because you don’t have a house piled up to the ceiling with junk doesn’t mean you don’t have a shopping disorder that affects your life to the point you need help. In fact, there are probably a lot more shopaholics out there than you […]
Habits
How to Change Your Life- 3 Steps to Make Change Happen
At my house, we’ve recently had a bright red cardinal start paying us a daily visit. He seems to like the feathered wreaths my wife Angie hung in our front sitting room window. He likes to perch himself on the weeping cherry tree next to the window, and every 30 seconds or so, he flies […]
Relentless People Get What They Want- My Speech at FinCon (The Financial Bloggers Conference)
I just got back from the Financial Bloggers Conference- FinCon13– a few days ago in St. Louis where I did a short talk titled Relentless People Get What They Want. It’s based on a blog post I did a few months ago by the same name that has become a favorite of you, the readers. It’s all […]
Use The 4 Keys of Consistency to Get Out of Debt
When you’re getting out of debt, it can be difficult because you’re doing something new. You’re changing habits, changing your mindset about money, and learning a new way of living. But when you’re making all these changes it can be really easy to let some of your old habits and ways of thinking creep back […]
5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Money Situation (Even If It’s Terrible!)
Whether you’re in deep financial trouble, or your money situation is in good shape, there are always things you can do to improve it. It’s not that hard to develop better money habits to maximize your finances. The more you can do to take control of your money right now has a direct effect on […]
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 […]