by | Feb 11, 2016 | Budget, Food, Money Mindset, Restaurants, Restaurants, Saving Money
Last month, I challenged my readers and myself to cut restaurant spending to zero as part of the Lifehacker Ultimate Money Challenge. At the end of the month, I asked readers how much they saved. The typical reply? About a few hundred bucks. Not too shabby! I loved... by | Feb 4, 2016 | Budget, Money Mindset, Saving Money, Shopping
I never want to hear the words “duvet cover” again. If you’re wondering, a duvet cover is a blanket for your blanket. It’s a thing you buy when you’re an adult and you want a nice, clean bed to sleep in after a long, hard day of work.... by | Jan 28, 2016 | Budget, Money Mindset
Right now, in theaters everywhere, there’s an entertaining, Oscar-nominated movie brimming with A-list actors, and it’s not about an exploding bus or unlikely romance or talking pets. It’s about the sub-prime mortgage crisis. It’s hard to make... by | Jan 14, 2016 | Budget, Money Mindset, Saving Money
Every Christmas, my fiance’s parents make us a big batch of chocolate peanut butter balls, and they’re as delicious as you’d imagine. So delicious, in fact, that the first year they made these for us, I ate the entire bag that night. I was miserable, not only because... by | Dec 31, 2015 | All posts, Money Mindset
I need to share a brutal truth with you. Sometimes, I get tired of writing about money. Like, really tired of it. Spend less than you earn, save for retirement, blah blah blah. It gets old. I’ve even vowed to stop writing about it altogether. Yet I keep coming... by | Dec 10, 2015 | Making money, Money Mindset, Saving Money
Saving money isn’t easy, especially around this time of year. But one of my favorite hacks to effortlessly save more is to create a “spend to save” rule. Every time you “save” money with a coupon or discount, actually save that money. For...
Managing your money is like going to the dentist or standing in line at the DMV. Nobody wants to do it, but at some point, it’s inevitable: you need to clean your teeth, renew your license, and manage your money like a grown-up.
