How to Create a Holiday Budget and Stick to It
The silver bells of the holiday season can certainly take their toll on your wallet. In a November 2019 Gallup poll, Americans said they...
12 Best Mint.com Alternatives to Manage Your Finances
Mint was the first cloud-based budgeting app to capture the public’s imagination and the model upon which many subsequent cloud budgeting apps have been based. While it’s still a strong choice for committed household budgeteers, Mint isn't the only option. High-quality alternatives like YNAB, EveryDollar, and Simple seem to grow by the month. Before you settle on Mint — or any other digital budgeting app, for that matter — check out these options too.
How to Build an Emergency Cash Fund When You Have Irregular...
Contingent (temporary) workers, independent contractors (freelancers and solopreneurs), on-call workers, temporary help agency workers, and workers provided by contract firms often struggle to string together workable household budgets. And it's even harder to build emergency savings sufficient to cover the recommended three to six months of living expenses. But it's still possible to build a comfortable emergency cash fund that’s distinct from your retirement, home maintenance, and short-term goal savings fund - even if you don't always know how much your next paycheck will be.
How to Create a Budget When You Have Fluctuating, Variable Income
While budgeting might not be brain surgery, it’s a lot more difficult when you don’t know exactly how much you’ll take home each month. Temporary workers, independent contractors, freelancers, business owners, and others with fluctuating incomes need to create budgets that work with their situations. If your income varies from month to month, here’s how to build a budget that meets your needs, as well as some tips for staying within that budget.
The Endowment Effect – What It Is and How It Can...
Have you ever been reluctant to let go of something you knew you didn't need, just because you paid good money for it and...
How Kakeibo (Japanese Budgeting Method) Can Save You More Money
We live in a world where pretty much anything that can be automated is. You can subscribe to grocery delivery so fresh food shows up...
4 Budgeting Alternatives to Meet Your Financial Goals
If you've ever searched for advice on how to meet your financial goals, there's one tip you've probably heard over and over: You need...
9 Best Ways to Save Money During the Holiday Season
'Tis the season to start trimming - your budget, that is, and not just your tree. A November 2013 Gallup poll found that while...
10 Steps to Switch to a Single-Income Family
Ever daydream about switching to a single-income household so you or your spouse could stay home with the kids? It's not as old-fashioned as it...
How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck
According to a 2017 CareerBuilder survey, 78% of all workers say they live paycheck to paycheck. It's not just low-wage workers who have this...
How to Deal with a Lying Spouse – Financial Infidelity in...
Julia has a secret credit card that she hides from her husband, Carlos. Whenever she goes out for a little retail therapy, she uses...
6 Types of Unexpected Expenses and How to Plan for Them
As the writer and cartoonist Allen Saunders once said, "Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans." Personal finance is a...
