Budgeting

3 Ways to Find Time to Fix Your Finances

by John April 7, 2010

You’re a busy person. Between your family, work, friends, and various meetings, you have little time to spend working on your budget! But you know that you have to be working on your finances, right? The trick is finding time to work on it. I think the main issue with finding time to fix one’s [...]

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Is It Okay to Pull Money from Another Budgeting Category?

by John March 20, 2010

Yes. In moderation. There are specific circumstances where you will have to do this. This month we ran out of grocery money due to two reasons: we had the budget very low already and we wanted to plant veggies (used money from the grocery envelope) to produce a summer harvest. Therefore, we pulled some money [...]

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Is Using Cash Insane?

by John March 13, 2010

There were times when I thought that I was crazy for using cash on discretionary expenses. Why do I need to do this? I hate coins in my wallet. Now I have to reconcile my cash transactions manually. Who has time for this? Look, that guy’s using his debit. Why can’t I do that? These are the [...]

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4 Budgeting Truths

by John March 11, 2010

Looking at all of my failed attempts at creating a working budget, I’ve found that there were some underlying truths that held me back from accomplishing my goals. What are these underlying truths? There are many when it comes to budget writing. First, I believe it has to be simple. If a budget isn’t simple to [...]

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Review of MoneyWell for Mac

by John January 30, 2010
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For the past year, we’ve been using MoneyWell for Mac and love it. I thought it would be a good time to do a review, since we have found a lot of great features for those looking to make a simplified budget. One of the most difficult tasks when starting a budget is simply understanding [...]

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Top 5 Reasons To Spend This Month’s Income Next Month

by John January 27, 2010

I can’t tell you how important this rule is to our family. But if I had to boil it down to a few reasons, here they are. Spending this month’s income next month will revolutionize your financial situation. You’ll start to notice other people talking about waiting for the next paycheck – you won’t have [...]

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Mathematics or Behavior Modification?

by John December 31, 2009

Mathematics is usually the topic at hand when money is mentioned at the water cooler. You know what I mean. You’ll go to the back on your break and start up an “I-got-a-lower-interest-rate-than-you” conversation, thinking that you’re winning financially because you’re a percentage point lower. But maybe it isn’t about mathematics. Maybe it’s about behavior [...]

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