Here are some great ways to deal with potentially-awkward money situations. One of the challenges and drawbacks of starting a Spending Fast, or spending diet is letting your friends know. Often, the biggest temptation to buy things comes from the influence of spendy friends. It doesn’t always necessarily go well when you try to cut expensive activities out of your…
Save money with these secret weapon items! So often money-saving items require some type of investment. It’s simpler in the short term to just buy cheap commonly replaced items over long term savings with a higher up-front cost. However, when you crunch the numbers, some things are worth making the leap. Here are a few money-saving items everyone should own…
Exactly how to save money on food costs! Cutting back on spending, or doing a Spending Fast relies on not buying things you don’t need. Buy separating what we buy into needs and wants, we can easily identify where we are able to save money and reduce debt. However, that needs category can have some complications to it. We all…
How to save money when you stay at home with the kids. It’s been long established that most households need to bring in two incomes just to survive economically. It doesn’t even matter how much money you make. At the end of the year, even the wealthy have to settle all of their expenses and manage their budgets only to…
Keeping kids busy can add up quick! Here are easy ways to save BIG with the kiddos! It’s not always easy to keep your kids involved in an activity. The financial strain might cause you to draw back from potentially enriching situations. It’s important for kids to be involved and stimulated. Youth activities play an important role in physical, cognitive,…
It might seem hard but you can easily fight the urge to spend with these tips! The enemy of financial freedom is the desire to spend money on unnecessary extras. Having a needs and wants list is essential to the spending fast and debt-free living. Sometimes it’s hard to stay on track with our saving and spending, so we struggle…
Cutting these expenses will make a HUGE impact on the amount of money you’re able to save! When you finally sit down to go over your monthly statements and work on your budget, you may be shocked at how many expenses you have. ( I know I was!) Part of creating a workable budget and getting out of debt is…
How to know if you need to make more money Saving money and getting out of debt are two different things. Sometimes you must do one before you can do the other. Other times you can do both simultaneously. However, neither approach becomes possible if you don’t make enough money. The most effective way to increase your financial resources and…
How to Creatively Stop Spending Money Let’s face it. We all have triggers that cause us to spend. No matter how hard we try to be frugal, we come face to face with temptation and other circumstances that cause us to backslide. Spending Fasters know full well how challenging it can be to commit to not spending money on things…
How to Manage Your Money Even if You’re Bad at Math Love it or hate it, math is something we all have to deal with, and do, at some point. Budgeting takes so much time and what makes it worse is that it can feel even more daunting if you struggle with math. The bad news is that you can’t…
How to save money on your groceries! Grocery shopping; some enjoy it while others hate it. Regardless of whatever side you’re on, it cannot be avoided. However, with the right grocery shopping tips, you can stretch your dollars and make it more fun to go to the store. We often come up with comprehensible grocery lists only to make it to…
The Ultimate Mom Hack I’m Loving Okay, I didn’t think I’d ever write this post but… here it is. #MomHack Alert: This meal subscription service makes me feel like a better mom. Yep, it’s the truth. How to save a ton of money using a meal subscription service: Get $40 off your 1st box! There’s something about sitting down for…