My son’s birth was the catalyst for my husband and I to get our finances in order and learn how on earth to pay off our whopping $650k of student loan debt. But after our son was born, I desperately wanted to lose my pregnancy weight and quickly! We were on an extremely tight budget […]
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HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SAVINGS ON BLACK FRIDAY
Can you believe that it’s almost Thanksgiving? I really haven’t processed that summer is over yet– it took our first snowfall yesterday to really open my eyes. Why does it feel like the older I get, the faster time goes by? That seems cruel. Does anyone else feel this way? Anyway, with Thanksgiving next week, […]
HOW TO WORK FROM HOME WITH VIPKID
Have you been trying to find a legitimate way to work from home? Our son was born right around the time that we decided we were going to tackle our $650k head on and pay it off as quickly as possible. I immediately started researching jobs that allowed me to work from home (in addition […]
HOW TO EARN MONEY WITHOUT A JOB
When my son was born, I took one look into those big beautiful blue eyes and I was smitten. I knew, despite all my feminist ways and hoorah about working women, that I was NOT going to be able to spend all my waking hours away from that handsome snuggle goblin. But, I also knew […]
HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM A BLOG
When my husband Danny and I decided we were going to take the plunge and payoff our student loans as quickly as possible, we knew we were going to need a big shovel. We started looking for ways that we could earn money on the side. Since we have a son, it was really important […]
EASY FINANCIAL HABITS THAT WILL MAKE YOU RICH
Have you ever wondered why money seems to naturally come to some people? Have you wondered why they have money and you don’t? I used to think money was all about luck, but it’s not! Sure, it can be. But there are financial habits that will make you rich if you can implement them into […]
12 JOBS THAT EARN $100K WITHOUT AN ADVANCED DEGREE
Does the thought of taking out student loans scare you to death? If so, you are in good company. One of the most common questions we get about our career paths is “whether all the school and debt was worth it.” For us, the answer is a resounding YES. I LOVE being an attorney and Danny […]
HOW TO SAVE A TON OF MONEY WITH AN HSA
Have you ever started a new job, signed a BUNCH of paper work (including health insurance documents), and then left for the day not really knowing what the heck happened? Or does the word “insurance” make you want to hide under your down comforter and binge watch Netflix on your phone all day? Well you’re […]
5 FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO TO INCREASE YOUR INCOME
Do you feel burdened by your big debt? One of the most important things you can do to get rid of big debt is to increase your income. Penny pinching is great but you know what? It is probably not enough when you are deeply in debt. You will most likely need to do something besides scrimp […]
WHAT TO CONSIDER TO START A BUSINESS WHEN YOU ARE IN DEBT
Do you remember learning about the order of operations in math? Well if you don’t, the order of operations is just a set of rules that tells us what math to perform first when we come across a complex problem to help us arrive at the correct answer. Remember the mnemonic device PEMDAS for Please […]