Personal Finance

5 Budgeting Apps to Keep You on Track

5 Budgeting Apps to Keep You on Track

Creating and living within a reasonable budget is important at any time. During the current economic state, it’s even more critical.  In the past, budgeting meant using spreadsheets and formulas. If you weren’t wired to love that stuff, you could get a headache pretty quickly and thus decide to give up. Today, there are apps to help you with every aspect of budgeting and living within your means. Below are some of our favorites. Disclosure: This post may contain…

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Financial Basics During COVID-19
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Financial Basics During COVID-19

While it’s always a good idea to pay attention to your finances, the global health crisis has prompted many Americans to become even more aware. With high unemployment during this time, Google searches for “online finance courses” are up 200%. What these classes teach is financial literacy. This means the ability to understand and effectively use various financial skills such as personal financial management, budgeting, and investing. When used correctly, these financial literacy skills help people become self-sufficient and…

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Organizing Your Finances and Paperwork

Organizing Your Finances and Paperwork

Organizing your finances and the associated paperwork can be confusing. As a daily money manager, part of my job is helping clients manage all of this. In this post, I share some of my best tips. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. Read our full privacy policy here. Money in…

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Monthly Financial To-Do List

Monthly Financial To-Do List

I'm a huge fan of to-do lists. As a professional organizer, I rely on to-do lists for my tasks as well as for my clients. As a daily money manager, I see first-hand the struggles people have with money and finances. One solution is a financial to-do list.  I've put different tasks in different months, but unless they're time-sensitive, feel free to move them around if a different month would make more sense for your life. It's your financial…

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11 Ways to Stop Wasting Money

11 Ways to Stop Wasting Money

This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, but will help us keep this site up and running and ad-free! Thank you for all the support. You’re under no obligation to purchase anything and should only do so if the product will suit your needs. According to a Bankrate report in 2024, over…

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