Financial Tip: New Year Withholding
For those working a traditional W-2 job, now that it is a new year, it is time to review and/or update your W-2 withholding at your job (or jobs). There have been many changes in the tax code recently, with…
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For those working a traditional W-2 job, now that it is a new year, it is time to review and/or update your W-2 withholding at your job (or jobs). There have been many changes in the tax code recently, with…
A new year, a new thing, new experiences, yada, yada, yada. Budgeting and/or getting your finances in order may be one of your New Years’ resolutions, and if it is, welcome. I’m continuing, but I do want to be more…
Better late than never, right? I’ll spare you the details, but here is a quick post to see how I closed out 2018. First, how did the December 15 paycheck turn out? We already knew I had a zero-based budget…
I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating now: at this stage in my financial journey, I am not prepared to hibernate and eat grass and leaves in order to help meet my financial goals and pay down some of…
Okay, I’ve put off looking at the second half of the month for as long as I can, but I have to go ahead and do it. Avoidance will not make this go away. You should not do this either…
If you were to count the bills in the featured image, you would find 33. That’s a lot – it’s not up for debate, and I’m not hiding from it. The goal is to get that number down, but for…
Here it is: the second November paycheck budget. I’m late posting due to some family issues, so this one has some amounts already showing as paid. Same principles as last time though. As you can see, I’m projected to be…
The beginning of the journey is not one that is easy, particularly a financial one that sometimes is opposite of everything you’ve been conditioned to doing. This journey can expose patterns and beliefs you aren’t even aware of, some of…